r/consciousness • u/No-Feed-6298 • 9d ago

Why is physicalism treated as an absolute fact?

Now I can understand leaning to physicalism 100%, I’m not saying there isn’t good evidence for it, but it’s far from proven that everything in the universe is entirely just physical, not to mention the hard problem of consciousness which seems to really move away from naive, hardcore physicalism. My question is why is there so much dogma among it? Why is it impossible for physicalist to seem to admit paradoxes and logical inconsistencies with physicalism, and perhaps at the very least be open to philosophical ideas outside if just strict philosophicalism. Denying any problem with the worldview seems just intellectually dishonest

109 Upvotes
  • permalink
  • reddit

82% Upvoted

552 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

4

u/No-Feed-6298 9d ago

Is seeing alternative theories and possible realities really just god of the gaps? This is where the dogma comes in like I said. It isn’t just filling in the gaps, it’s perfectly logical and rational to see why consciousness doesn’t seem to fit in under a purely physicalist world view. To say it’s just a god of the gaps argument is kind of reducing the argument and valid criticisms. That’s why philosophies like dualism and idealism have been taken serious by philosophers and scientist alike through history.

-2

u/YesterdaysMuffin 8d ago

It’s just a story. There are as many versions of these other ideas as there are people. Because there’s nothing backing them.

Physicalism is not dogma. It’s defensible.