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    The interaction principle presupposes that mental and phy... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The interaction principle does not assume monism

    The interaction principle presupposes that mental and physical events share a causal-nomological framework, which already implies ontological continuity.

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    • 1.Causal efficacy requires that cause and effect operate under the same natural laws governing their domain.
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    • 2.If mental events causally affect physical events, they must participate in physical causal chains governed by natural laws.
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    • 3.Participation in a unified causal-nomological framework logically entails some form of ontological continuity between relata.
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    • 1.Events can share causal relations while remaining ontologically distinct; causal interaction doesn't require substance continuity.
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    • 2.Fundamental physics may admit genuinely distinct causal frameworks (quantum/classical) without implying ontological unity.
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    • 3.The interaction principle could hold via bridging laws or emergence without presupposing the ontological continuity claim.
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