Consciousness Is What Makes The Mind-body Problem

It Isn't Just That I Don't Believe In God, And Naturally, Hope There Is No God. I Don't Want There To Be A God; I Don't Want The Universe To Be Like That.

Leading A Human Life Is A Full-time Occupation, To Which Everyone Devotes Decades Of Intense Concern.

The Universe Has Become Not Only Conscious And Aware Of Itself But Capable In Some Respects Of Choosing Its Path Into The Future--though All Three, The Consciousness, The Knowledge, And The Choice, Are Dispersed Over A Vast Crowd Of Beings, Acting Both Individually And Collectively.

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.

Any Reductionist Program Has To Be Based On An Analysis Of What Is To Be Reduced. If The Analysis Leaves Something Out, The Problem Will Be Falsely Posed.