The raucous battlefield of ideas! Enjoyed your approach in writing this! A quick plug for New Scientist, speaking as a very satisfied subscriber. (At the top, did you intend New Scientist when you put "Science"? And who won that bet? speaking as a Chalmer's fan).

More seriously, have you read anything by Antonio Damasio? I think he is at the head of the pack in explaining consciousness, yet he is not at all the scientism type. He is scientific but also quite human and pious (broadly speaking, not specifically religious) in his perspective. Thank you for this article!