Intended for healthcare professionals

Rapid response to:

Views & Reviews Between the Lines

Challenging the medical materialists

BMJ 2011; 343 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d5017 (Published 10 August 2011) Cite this as: BMJ 2011;343:d5017

Rapid Response:

medical materialists and the argument from reason

A similar but more complex argument was developed by C. S. Lewis in
his "Miracles" to show that the existence of reason disproved a
materialistic explanation of life. The argument is summarised at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_Reason for those interested.

Competing interests: No competing interests

15 August 2011
Richard I Laing
doctor
Colchester CO3 3QZ