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    It is not the case that If causal power can be grounded in non-mental natures or forms, the inference from 'not a body' to 'must be a mind' commits a false dilemma by presupposing mentality is necessary for agency.

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    • 1.Abstract forms are causally inert; only instantiated particulars with mental direction cause effects.
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    • 2.All apparently non-mental agency reduces to physical causation or derivative mental causation ultimately.
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    • 3.Teleology without consciousness is merely projection; true agency requires intentional directedness toward goals.
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    • 1.Aristotelian forms possess intrinsic causal powers independent of consciousness or mentality.
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    • 2.The dichotomy 'physical body or mental substance' omits non-mental abstract entities as causal agents.
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    • 3.Agency requires only purposive organization or teleology, not phenomenal awareness or intentionality.
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