God, mysticism, and libertarianism, versus physical completeness
Part of : Philosophical inquiry ; Vol.XXVI, No.4, 2004, pages 89-113
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A significant number of current metaphysicians want to facilitate belief in an interactive God, mystical insight, or human libertarian freedom by implicitly or explicitly holding that there is energy exchange between the irreducibly mental and the physical. Yet there is a gap in the literature on the plausibility of this view. Proponents of physical completeness take most of the arguments for interactionist energy exchange to be so weak as not to need rebuttal. And the arguments given for physical completeness are plausibility based rather than fully articulate. This paper provides the much needed detailed argumentation against interactionist energy exchange. Proponents of an interactive God, mysticism through energy exchange, or human libertarian freedom need to argue for energy exchange between the mental and the physical on grounds much stronger than have been offered, or, if that’s impossible, they need to revise their views.
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