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    It is not the case that The mind is distinct from matter and only an immaterial substance is capable of thought and consciousness.

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    • 1.Neural correlates of consciousness show systematic, lawlike dependencies between specific brain states and specific conscious experiences.
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    • 2.If thought were produced by an immaterial substance, no principled explanation would exist for why brain damage reliably destroys specific cognitive capacities.
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    • 3.The simplest explanation of these dependencies is that mental states are identical to or constitutively realized by material brain states.
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    • 1.Hume's bundle theory demonstrates that introspection reveals no simple, unitary self—only a succession of distinct perceptions with no underlying unity.
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    • 2.If the mind's alleged simplicity and indivisibility cannot be verified through the only direct access we have to it, the first premise of the supporting argument is ungrounded.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.The mind is simple, unitary, and indivisible.
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    • 2.Matter is compounded and infinitely divisible.
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    • 3.Simple, unitary, indivisible things are distinct from compounded, infinitely divisible things.
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