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Subjective Reality: "The Hard Question"

avondale-bepress.context-key4829446
avondale-bepress.submission-pathcss/vol9/iss1/1
avondale.affiliateHughes, Owen
avondale.departmentScripture, Spirituality and Society Research Centre
avondale.reporting.isPeerReviewedPeer Reviewed
avondale.reporting.versionPublished Version
dc.contributor.authorHughes, Owen L.
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-01T00:37:14Z
dc.date.available2023-11-01T00:37:14Z
dc.date.issued2013-11-17
dc.date.submitted2013-11-17T15:51:23Z
dc.description.abstract<p>The manner in which the 100 billion or so neurons in the human brain work together to give us the rich subjective of conscious experience has been referred to as the "hard question". This paper seeks to explore this question: exposing some of its difficult dimensions as well as noting and critiquing various attempts to probe and explain its mysteries. The views of some prominent Christian scholars, such as Donald McKay and Charles Taliaferro, conclude this analysis.</p>
dc.identifier.citationHughes, O. L. (2013). Subjective reality: "The hard question" <em>Christian Spirituality and Science, 9</em>(1), 4-16. Retrieved from https://research.avondale.edu.au/css/vol9/iss1/1
dc.identifier.urihttps://research.avondale.edu.au/handle/1897/04829446
dc.language.isoen_us
dc.relation.ispartofChristian Spirituality and Science
dc.subjectconsciousness
dc.subjectphysicalism
dc.subjectemergence
dc.subjectmind-body
dc.titleSubjective Reality: "The Hard Question"
dc.typeJournal Article

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