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    Strict laws state that a certain distribution of forces a... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Strict physical laws cannot uniquely single out particular mental events or actions using only physical concepts.

    Strict laws state that a certain distribution of forces and matter at time t will be followed by a certain distribution at time t'.

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    An important point to recognize in Davidson’s version of token-identity is that he is not simply deriving the conclusion that mental events bear some property that we would intuitively acknowledge as ‘physical’ (such as spatial location). As pointed out in 2.1, the relevant ‘physical’ properties would more likely have to resemble the sorts of properties currently invoked in physics, our most mature science and the one closest to issuing in strict laws. This point has generated numerous objecti

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