Jim_Smith
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- philosophically weak (don't know how to phrase)
https://sites.google.com/site/chs4o8pt/skeptical_fallacies#skeptical_fallacies_materialism_rational
Below I outline other ways materialism is self-defeating. These self-defeating flaws, as Edward Feser writes, show that materialism is incoherent and constitute examples of reducto ad absurdum and therefore demonstrate that materialism is false.
http://ncu9nc.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-materialist-explanation-of.html
At the link, each of these points has a link to a separate article explaining the assertion.Consciousness is not an illusion or an epiphenomenon of the brain.
Consciousness Cannot be an Emergent Property of the Brain".
Claiming consciousness is an emergent property of the brain is just an fancy way of saying, "Materialism cannot explain consciousness".
Consciousness, a subjective phenomena that cannot be measured objectively, cannot be produced by physical processes all of which are in principle measurable.
Correlation does not prove causation. The correlation between brain processes and mental states is not proof that consciousness is produced by the brain. The theory that the brain is a filter of non-physical consciousness explains more of the empirical evidence.
If materialism were true, natural selection could not produce consciousness.
Humans are more than biological machines that operate strictly according to physical laws. (If materialism were true, you would not know you are reading these words.)
The Brain is not a Conscious Computer. Human mathematicians can identify truths that cannot be proven by a computer program. And if you believe your mind operates according to the laws of materialism, like a computer, it is irrational of you to believe anything.