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harmony is law
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To start,I would like to mention that I myself am not religious and are actually agnostic.I used to be catholic but now identify myself as agnostic.
Ok now time for the argument
PSYCHOLOGICAL ARGUMENT FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD:
The Psychophysical Harmony Argument is that the precise alignment between our conscious experiences and physical states is far more likely if designed by God than if it arose by natural chance, so it serves as “evidence” for theism.For example, When you touch a hot stove, you instantly feel pain and pull your hand away your conscious experience aligns perfectly with your body’s physical reaction.If consciousness were random pain might make you feel pleasure or no urge to move.That tight meaningful match between mind and matter fits better with a designed system (theism) than with chance physical correlations (naturalism).
Argument (in premise-conclusion form)
P1. Conscious states (phenomenal experiences) systematically map onto physical and functional states in a highly harmonious way.
P2. Under naturalistic atheism, such harmony is extremely improbable because there are many more possible disharmonious mappings than harmonious ones.
P3. Under theism (or a universe guided by a value-oriented intelligence), harmony between consciousness and physical states is much more likely.
P4. Observing evidence that is more probable under one hypothesis than another provides reason to favor that hypothesis.
C. Therefore, the observed psychophysical harmony constitutes evidence favoring theism over naturalistic atheism.
Symbolic/Probability Form (Bayesian Sketch)
Let:
Ht:theism is true
Ha:naturalistic atheism is true
E:evidence of psychophysical harmony
Argument Bayesian theorem
1.P(E|ht)>> p(e|ha)
2.E is observed
By Bayesian reasoning
3.P(ht/e)>p(ha/e)
4.E provides evidence favoring ht over ha
Now you could argue evolution,
Yes,while evolution explains functional success it doesn’t explain why consciousness tracks truth or semantic content in a highly systematic way. Pain could reliably produce avoidance without being experienced as unpleasant; beliefs could guide behavior without representing reality. The fact that conscious states are not just functional but also meaningfully aligned with physical and normative states remains strikingly improbable under pure naturalism.
Here’s an analogy.
Imagine a perfectly coded software that not only runs without errors but also explains what every variable means in human language. Evolution could make a program that works, but it couldn’t explain why the code would be perfectly readable and meaningful. That’s the harmony we see in consciousness its more than just functional.
This argument is strongly rooted in another popular argument (EAAN) coming from the philosopher alvin platinga
Personally,I find this argument interesting.Feel free to comment your thoughts on this argument as I would love to read them.
Ok now time for the argument
PSYCHOLOGICAL ARGUMENT FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD:
The Psychophysical Harmony Argument is that the precise alignment between our conscious experiences and physical states is far more likely if designed by God than if it arose by natural chance, so it serves as “evidence” for theism.For example, When you touch a hot stove, you instantly feel pain and pull your hand away your conscious experience aligns perfectly with your body’s physical reaction.If consciousness were random pain might make you feel pleasure or no urge to move.That tight meaningful match between mind and matter fits better with a designed system (theism) than with chance physical correlations (naturalism).
Argument (in premise-conclusion form)
P1. Conscious states (phenomenal experiences) systematically map onto physical and functional states in a highly harmonious way.
P2. Under naturalistic atheism, such harmony is extremely improbable because there are many more possible disharmonious mappings than harmonious ones.
P3. Under theism (or a universe guided by a value-oriented intelligence), harmony between consciousness and physical states is much more likely.
P4. Observing evidence that is more probable under one hypothesis than another provides reason to favor that hypothesis.
C. Therefore, the observed psychophysical harmony constitutes evidence favoring theism over naturalistic atheism.
Symbolic/Probability Form (Bayesian Sketch)
Let:
Ht:theism is true
Ha:naturalistic atheism is true
E:evidence of psychophysical harmony
Argument Bayesian theorem
1.P(E|ht)>> p(e|ha)
2.E is observed
By Bayesian reasoning
3.P(ht/e)>p(ha/e)
4.E provides evidence favoring ht over ha
Now you could argue evolution,
Yes,while evolution explains functional success it doesn’t explain why consciousness tracks truth or semantic content in a highly systematic way. Pain could reliably produce avoidance without being experienced as unpleasant; beliefs could guide behavior without representing reality. The fact that conscious states are not just functional but also meaningfully aligned with physical and normative states remains strikingly improbable under pure naturalism.
Here’s an analogy.
Imagine a perfectly coded software that not only runs without errors but also explains what every variable means in human language. Evolution could make a program that works, but it couldn’t explain why the code would be perfectly readable and meaningful. That’s the harmony we see in consciousness its more than just functional.
This argument is strongly rooted in another popular argument (EAAN) coming from the philosopher alvin platinga
Personally,I find this argument interesting.Feel free to comment your thoughts on this argument as I would love to read them.
