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    If mind and body lack any common mode, their 'mutual depe... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The mind and body are united through mutual dependence of activity, not through any shared mode.

    If mind and body lack any common mode, their 'mutual dependence' is indistinguishable from mere systematic correlation, which pre-established harmony explains more parsimoniously.

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    • 1.Causal interaction between fundamentally different substances requires unexplained bridging principles, violating parsimony.
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    • 2.Pre-established harmony explains perfect psychophysical correlation without positing mysterious causal mechanisms between realms.
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    • 3.Observable mind-body correlation alone cannot distinguish true interaction from coordinated parallel processes.
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    • 1.Pre-established harmony requires God as a coordinating cause—multiplying entities far more than interaction theory does.
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    • 2.Asymmetric cases (damage to brain causes mental change, but mental events don't cause physical damage) suggest real causal direction, not mere correlation.
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    • 3.Distinguishing genuine interaction from correlation requires examining counterfactuals: mental states alter which physical states would follow.
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