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    On Leibniz's pre-established harmony, mind and body exhib... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The mutual commerce of motions and passions is what constitutes the mind-body union.

    On Leibniz's pre-established harmony, mind and body exhibit perfect mutual correspondence without any actual causal commerce whatsoever.

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    • 1.Pre-established harmony avoids the logical impossibility of how immaterial mind could causally affect material body.
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    • 2.If God creates all substances with coordinated internal programs, perfect correlation needs no physical bridge or interaction.
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    • 3.This view preserves human freedom by grounding actions in each substance's own nature rather than external causation.
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    • 1.Pre-established harmony makes mental events epiphenomenal—our thoughts seem causally irrelevant to our bodily actions.
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    • 2.The theory requires an implausibly powerful God constantly coordinating infinitely many substances in perfect sync.
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    • 3.Experience strongly suggests genuine causal interaction: my decision to raise my arm actually causes the arm to rise.
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