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    It is not the case that If no contradiction arises in the physical substrate across time, the argument from mutual exclusivity fails to establish that minds must be abstract.

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    • 1.Absence of logical contradiction in physical substrate doesn't establish sufficiency; the hard problem suggests qualitative consciousness resists physical explanation.
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    • 2.Mutual exclusivity targets the metaphysical relation itself: even if substrate is consistent, abstract properties might still be necessarily non-physical.
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    • 3.Physical continuity preserves structure but not necessarily subjective experience; identity requires accounting for phenomenal consciousness, not just substrate coherence.
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    • 1.Physical continuity without contradiction suffices for identity; abstract entities lack spatiotemporal location and cannot interact causally.
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    • 2.Mutual exclusivity arguments assume mind and brain properties cannot coexist in one substrate, but property dualism allows both physical and mental properties.
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    • 3.If physical processes preserve all information necessary for mental continuity, positing abstract minds as separate entities violates parsimony.
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