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    It is not the case that If mind and body are modes of one substance, their apparent 'mutual acting' reduces to parallel expressions of the same underlying reality, not a distinct relational mode.

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    • 1.Parallelism makes causation within each domain appear epiphenomenal—mental states seem causally inert regarding behavior.
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    • 2.We have direct phenomenological evidence that conscious intentions causally produce bodily movements, not mere parallel expressions.
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    • 3.Positing one substance raises harder questions about how mental and physical properties coexist in identical ontology.
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    • 1.Causal interaction between distinct substances violates the principle that causation requires spatial-temporal contiguity or shared nature.
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    • 2.Parallelism elegantly explains perfect psychophysical correlation without positing mysterious cross-substance causal powers.
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    • 3.If mind and body are genuinely distinct substances, their coordination appears either miraculous or requires infinite causal micromanagement.
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