The Ontological, Temporal, and Teleological Unity of Consciousness and the Body: A Response to Reductionism and Dualism
Christian Perspectives on Science and Technology 2025 Walter B. Huddell
David Chalmers’ so-called hard problem of consciousness is concerned with how one can give an account of phenomenal conscious experience in physicalist terms. In this article, after a brief account of Cartesian dualism, I consider how John Paul II’s Theology of the Body speaks to the prospects of a reductionist approach. This is then considered in light of Chalmers’ description of the hard...