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    It is not the case that Descartes' interactionist dualism demonstrates that mind-body cohabitation can be rigorously analyzed within natural philosophy without theological supplement.

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    • 1.Descartes ultimately appeals to God to explain how non-physical minds causally affect physical bodies, making theology foundational, not supplementary.
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    • 2.The pineal gland cannot bridge an ontological gap between immaterial and material substances; the mechanism remains philosophically incoherent without theological resort.
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    • 3.Descartes' system requires God to maintain the psychophysical union itself—theological supplement is not avoided but hidden in foundational commitments.
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    • 1.Descartes rigorously formalized mind-body interaction through mechanical laws, treating it as a natural philosophical problem rather than invoking divine intervention.
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    • 2.The pineal gland hypothesis demonstrates an attempt to locate interaction within physical anatomy, grounding dualism in empirical investigation.
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    • 3.Descartes' system explains mental causation without requiring God's continuous action, establishing dualism as self-contained natural philosophy.
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