Physicalism

Mainstream neuroscience operates under methodical naturalism, meaning it limits its explanations strictly to observable physical biological hardware.

Physicalist theories versus empirical anomalies.

To evaluate these models fairly, we have to separate hard empirical facts from theoretical interpretation.

What science has proven as fact is neural correlates of consciousness, meaning specific brain regions and electrical patterns predictably correspond to specific experiences.

OK.

Background assumptions here are physicalism.

Physicalism is not just the idea that everything is physical.

If you're a physicalist, you think that all the special sciences reduce ultimately to physics.

There is no spooky, strong emergence.

That's the argument from If the soul exists prior to the body, it can't be like harmony.

Physicalism has clearly got to be false.

But I said that I didn't find the argument, I tried to explain why I didn't find the argument from recollection persuasive.

I certainly do want to agree that if we became convinced that the soul did exist prior to the existence of the body, we would certainly want to agree that the soul is not like harmony.