Advaita Vedānta articulates a philosophical position of radical nondualism derived from the texts of the Upaniṣads. This entry provides an overview of Advaita Vedānta's metaphysical identification of nonduality with the pure consciousness underlying individual subjectivity. It traces the development of the tradition from its early systematizer, Śaṅkarā, through its later iterations and...
The argument from consciousness is an argument for God's existence from the existence of finite, irreducible consciousness in animals and humans. The argument is presented, its premises evaluated, and the inadequacies of strong naturalism, emergent panpsychism, and constitutive panprotopsychism are presented.