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Without Consciousness The Mind-body Problem Would Be Much Less Interesting. With Consciousness It Seems Hopeless.

It Seems To Me That, As It Is Usually Presented, The Current Orthodoxy About The Cosmic Order Is The Product Of Governing Assumptions That Are Unsupported, And That It Flies In The Face Of Common Sense.

Every Subjective Phenomenon Is Essentially Connected With A Single Point Of View, And It Seems Inevitable That An Objective, Physical Theory Will Abandon That Point Of View.

The Problem Is One Of Opposition Between Subjective And Objective Points Of View. There Is A Tendency To Seek An Objective Account Of Everything Before Admitting Its Reality. But Often What Appears To A More Subjective Point Of View Cannot Be Accounted For In This Way. So Either The Objective Conception Of The World Is Incomplete, Or The Subjective Involves Illusions That Should Be Rejected.

Materialism Is Incomplete Even As A Theory Of The Physical World, Since The Physical World Includes Conscious Organisms Among Its Most Striking Occupants.