Response to Graham Oppy’s Objections Against AC
by J.P. Moreland
- Title: Oppy on the Argument from Consciousness: A Rejoinder
- Date: 11/16/2011
- Source: Presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Philosophical Society Meeting in San Francisco, California.
- Article Type: Presentation
- Audience: Advanced
- Kingdom Categories: Life of the Mind
Description:
Noted atheist Graham Oppy has criticized my argument for God from consciousness hereafter, AC). In this conference paper, I respond to his criticisms of my presentation of three forms of AC, and interact with his claims about theism, consciousness and emergent chemical properties.
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Benefits:
- It further clarifies the argument from consciousness for God's existence.
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