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    It is not the case that If the soul's operations are causally dependent on bodily conditions, the body exercises genuine causal influence over the soul.

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    • 1.Dependence ≠ causation. A shadow depends on a light source but doesn't cause light. Soul operations may depend on but not be caused by body.
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    • 2.The claim equivocates 'causal influence.' Bodily conditions may be necessary prerequisites without being genuine efficient causes of soul states.
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    • 3.If the soul is immaterial substance, physical causation may be metaphysically impossible regardless of empirical correlations observed.
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    • 1.Observable facts show soul operations (thought, emotion, will) vary with brain states, neural chemistry, and bodily health conditions.
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    • 2.Causal dependence means B influences A when A's states regularly vary with B's states. Soul operations clearly satisfy this criterion.
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    • 3.Denying body-to-soul causation requires implausible pre-established harmony or eliminates the soul's explanatory role entirely.
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