Counterexamples to materialism

Materialism cannot explain nature's beauty.
(see: Argument from beauty)

Counterexamples to materialism include:

1. homing conduct by many birds
2. migratory conduct by butterflies
3. action-at-a-distance in physics
4. animals fleeing to high ground in anticipation of a tsunami
5. the origin of life
6. human consciousness (see: Atheism and consciousness)
7. nature's beauty (see: Argument from beauty)
8. prime number identification among large numbers quickly by some people who cannot do basic arithmetic
9. Origin of the universe. See: Atheism and the origin of the universe
10. Materialism can't account for the existence of the laws of logic. See: Atheism and logic

See also

• Arguments for the existence of God
• Logical arguments for the existence of God
• Atheism
• Philosophical naturalism
• Counterexamples to evolution