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    If physical closure is true, there is no feature of a pur... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Interactionism violates physical closure.

    If physical closure is true, there is no feature of a purely physical effect that is not contributed by the purely physical cause.

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    For X to be a cause of Y, X must contribute something to Y. The only way a purely mental event could contribute to a purely physical one would be to contribute some feature not already determined by a purely physical event. But if physical closure is true, there is no feature of the purely physical effect that is not contributed by the purely physical cause. Hence interactionism violates physical closure after all.

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