J. P. Moreland
Consciousness is poorly explained by matter alone: it is evidence for God.
Life
American philosopher born in 1948, professor at Biola University (California), and a defender of Christian theism and of soul-body dualism. He argues that consciousness, hard to explain by matter alone, is evidence for God's existence. He matters for the questions on God and the mind.
Main works
Argues that the existence of consciousness is better explained by God than by naturalism.
A rational defence of the Christian faith in response to its critics.
Positions
click a row to see the evidenceA Christian apologist, he argues that consciousness and the soul point to God.
Moreland, Consciousness and the Existence of God (2008)
The soul is a real immaterial substance, distinct from the body (substance dualism).
Moreland et Rae, Body and Soul (2000)
Free actions are caused by the agent himself as a substance, not fixed by earlier events (libertarian agent causation).
Moreland et Rae, Body and Soul (2000)