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If God did not exist, intentional states of consciousness would not exist. But intentional states of consciousness do exist. Therefore, God exists. Peter Kreeft has put forward a deductive form of the argument from consciousness [7] based upon the intelligibility of the universe despite the limitations of our minds. He phrases it deductively as ...
Higher consciousness (also called expanded consciousness) is a term that has been used in various ways to label particular states of consciousness or personal development. [1] It may be used to describe a state of liberation from the limitations of self-concept or ego , as well as a state of mystical experience in which the perceived separation ...
The junkyard tornado argument has been taken out of its original context by theists to argue for intelligent design, and has since become a mainstay in the rejection of evolution by religious groups, even though Fred Hoyle declared himself an atheist, [1] and even though the junkyard tornado argument is considered a fallacy in its original ...
The book consists of 365 pages and is structured in three main parts: "God, Gods, and the World," "Being, Consciousness, Bliss," and "The Reality of God." The three chapters contained in the second part constitute the bulk of the book's arguments, which center on ontology, philosophy of mind, and transcendental teleology. Hart utilizes and ...
The argument from reason is a transcendental argument against metaphysical naturalism and for the existence of God (or at least a supernatural being that is the source of human reason). The best-known defender of the argument is C. S. Lewis .
there are six types of consciousness, each unique to one of the internal sense organs; consciousness (viññā ṇ a) is separate (and arises) from mind (mano) here, consciousness cognizes or is aware of its specific sense base (including the mind and mind objects) viññā ṇ a is a prerequisite for the arising of craving (ta ṇ hā)
In the ancient Greek philosophical Hermetica, the ultimate reality is called by many names, such as God, Lord, Father, Mind , the Creator, the All, the One, etc. [1] However, peculiar to the Hermetic view of the divinity is that it is both the all (Greek: to pan) and the creator of the all: all created things pre-exist in God, [2] and God is ...
The period of time devoted to the attainment of self-consciousness and to the building of the vehicles through which the spirit in man manifests, is called "Involution". The succeeding period of existence, during which the individual human being develops self-consciousness into divine omniscience, is called "Evolution". Every evolving being has ...