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[[File:Autumn.jpg|270px|right|thumbnail|[[Materialism]] cannot explain nature's beauty.<br>(see: [[Argument from beauty]])]] | [[File:Autumn.jpg|270px|right|thumbnail|[[Materialism]] cannot explain nature's beauty.<br>(see: [[Argument from beauty]])]] | ||
'''Counterexamples to [[materialism]]''' include: | '''Counterexamples to [[materialism]]''' include: | ||
| − | + | # homing conduct by many birds | |
| − | + | # migratory conduct by butterflies | |
| − | + | # [[action-at-a-distance]] in [[physics]] | |
| − | + | # animals fleeing to high groindoor in anticipation of a [[tsunami]] | |
| − | + | # the [[origin of life]]<ref name="Origin of life">[https://creation.com/origin-of-life Origin of life]</ref> | |
| − | + | # human consciousness<ref>[http://www.johnpiippo.com/2012/03/argument-from-consciousness-for.html The Argument from Consciousness for the Existence of God] by [[John Piippo]], 3/20/2012 | |
| − | + | :#[http://www.johnpiippo.com/2014/04/one-of-atheisms-irresolvable-problems.html Consciousness: One of Atheism's Irresolvable Problems] by John Piippo, 4/14/2014</ref> (see: [[Atheism and consciousness]]) | |
| − | + | # nature's beauty. (see: [[Argument from beauty]]) | |
| − | + | # [[prime number]] identification among large numbers quickly by some people who cannot do basic arithmetic | |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 00:36, September 24, 2023
Counterexamples to materialism include:
- homing conduct by many birds
- migratory conduct by butterflies
- action-at-a-distance in physics
- animals fleeing to high groindoor in anticipation of a tsunami
- the origin of life[1]
- human consciousness[2] (see: Atheism and consciousness)
- nature's beauty. (see: Argument from beauty)
- prime number identification among large numbers quickly by some people who cannot do basic arithmetic
See also
- Arguments for the existence of God
- Logical arguments for the existence of God
- Atheism
- Philosophical naturalism
- Counterexamples to evolution
References
- ↑ Origin of life
- ↑ The Argument from Consciousness for the Existence of God by John Piippo, 3/20/2012
- Consciousness: One of Atheism's Irresolvable Problems by John Piippo, 4/14/2014