The hard problem of consciousness functions as religiosity smuggled into secular philosophy

Evidence

In terms of contemporary academic philosophy, rationalism is beset not only by Nietzschean-Wittgensteinian-Lyotardianism and Heideggerian Nazi poetico-mysticism, but also by the qualia cult of consciousness. This “philosophy” replaces the ineffable mystery of God with the ineffable mystery of consciousness. It consists solely in the negative claim that consciousness cannot be explained by either science or philosophy. This is religion in the worst sense. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 2401

Categorization

• XREF: Parallels the ‘transcendental’ yearning Fisher diagnoses throughout capitalist realism — mystery relocated but never discharged, a theme also close to his readings of neuroscience and the occult. — connects to: Appealing to commonsense realism to refute philosophy implicitly restores religious belief. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1567

Broader Connections

• Appealing to commonsense realism to refute philosophy implicitly restores religious belief. #corroborates (0.78) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1567