@misc{Lexicon of Arguments, title = {Quotation from: Lexicon of Arguments – Concepts - Ed. Martin Schulz, 28 Mar 2024}, author = {McGinn,Colin}, subject = {Causes}, note = {II 139 Big Bang/McGinn: we assume that there was eventually a singularity that resulted in space and matter. The fact that this singularity arose at some point is based on properties of the universe that already existed before. Originally pre-spatial properties (before the Big Bang) would therefore (assuming physical preservation) be the cause both of matter and of mind. II 142 Consciousness/Big Bang/McGinn: Thesis: consciousness is sort of a fossil of the early universe (before the Big Bang). It must entail reminiscences of those far past times. >Consciousness/McGinn.}, note = { McGinn I Colin McGinn Problems in Philosophy. The Limits of Inquiry, Cambridge/MA 1993 German Edition: Die Grenzen vernünftigen Fragens Stuttgart 1996 McGinn II C. McGinn The Mysteriouy Flame. Conscious Minds in a Material World, New York 1999 German Edition: Wie kommt der Geist in die Materie? München 2001 }, file = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=278996} url = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=278996} }