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    Malebranche and Leibniz both held that the seat of soul-b... — Carmelics
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    Supports→The processus vermiformis of the cerebellum is not the seat of the soul.

    Malebranche and Leibniz both held that the seat of soul-body interaction must mediate reason and will, not mere reflex motion.

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    • 1.Reason and will are distinctly non-mechanical capacities requiring active voluntary control, unlike reflexive bodily responses.
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    • 2.A mediating seat of interaction explains how immaterial mind can influence matter while preserving the integrity of physical law.
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    • 3.Both philosophers rejected occasionalism's implausible God-mediated causation by positing a unified locus where mental directs physical.
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    • 1.The claim conflates logical distinction (reason vs. reflex) with metaphysical location—no 'seat' necessarily follows from functional differences.
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    • 2.Leibniz's pre-established harmony actually denies causal interaction altogether, making a mediating seat conceptually unnecessary in his system.
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    • 3.Malebranche explicitly rejected mind-body interaction via a material seat, instead defending occasionalism—contradicting the claim's attribution.
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