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Tautological materialism
December 17, 2008 by Anonymous, 48 weeks 6 days ago
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Well, yes, but in this case the fact that other views can't be "scientifically considered" says more about science than those views: Science is set up specifically to ONLY consider materialist explanations to this question. Other explanations are no less likely to be true *just because* science can't give them a go. To condemn nonmaterialistic theories of consciousness for being unscientific is like condemning family relationships for being nonmathematical. (Not that there may not be other reasons to condemn them.)