Psychophysical harmony argument by brian cutter and dustin crummett
you have judgments, beliefs, and semantic-reports. These are immaterial. These are different than the physical brain. Normative (your judgments and beliefs provide the right reasons to act). Semantic (your reports accurately describe your experiences) Main Question: How is it that your judgments, semantic-reports, and beliefs match with what is happening in the brain? Hypothesis 1 of the atheist: brute fact Reply: Arbitrary and possibly question begging hypothesis 2 of the atheist: evolution Reply: evolution explains the physical brain but not the judgments, reports, and beliefs matching with the brain. Hypothesis of the theist: A powerful mind created the normativity, reports, and beliefs to be harmonized with the physical brain states MY THOUGHTS ON THIS ARGUMENT: I'm not so convinced. The reason is I'm still skeptical as to show that evolution cannot explain the judgments, reports, and beliefs harmonizing with the brain. Why not say that evolution causes the brain states in ...