Of course the problem with phenomenology is the assumption that consciousness is a meaningful phenomenon. All action and reaction, including thought and feeling, was predetermined by the iron laws of the cosmos at the beginning of time. The human experience is nothing more than pantomime, doomed to follow its fated course.
It's roughly as useful in day to day living and for that matter in designing a better society as shouting "GOD'S NOT REAL!" at a funeral. Sure, you may feel good doing that maybe, but it won't win anyone over or make the funeral any better for the other people attending.
It's easy but also very wrong, and actually not really as cool as you think it is. It's IMO an ideological artifact of Enlightenment-era science trying to distance itself from religion in a way it doesn't cause conflict with religious authorities. Worked fine for a while but it's not really the truth.
Of course the problem with phenomenology is the assumption that consciousness is a meaningful phenomenon. All action and reaction, including thought and feeling, was predetermined by the iron laws of the cosmos at the beginning of time. The human experience is nothing more than pantomime, doomed to follow its fated course.
I don't really believe this.
I do. Physicalism is cool and easy
It's roughly as useful in day to day living and for that matter in designing a better society as shouting "GOD'S NOT REAL!" at a funeral. Sure, you may feel good doing that maybe, but it won't win anyone over or make the funeral any better for the other people attending.
It's easy but also very wrong, and actually not really as cool as you think it is. It's IMO an ideological artifact of Enlightenment-era science trying to distance itself from religion in a way it doesn't cause conflict with religious authorities. Worked fine for a while but it's not really the truth.
https://thesideview.co/journal/why-i-am-not-a-physicalist/