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    It is not the case that The soul, if immaterial and unextended, cannot interact causally with any specific physical location in the body.

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    • 1.Mental causation is observationally real; desires cause bodily movement despite philosophical difficulties.
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    • 2.Immateriality may permit non-spatial causation modes physics hasn't categorized or can't measure yet.
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    • 3.The claim conflates physical location with causal specificity; immaterial agents might target via functional role instead.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Causation requires spatio-temporal contact or field mediation; immaterial entities lack both capacities.
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    • 2.Physical specificity demands spatial location; immaterial substances cannot occupy determinate brain regions.
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    • 3.Interaction laws require measurable energy transfer; immaterial souls cannot satisfy conservation principles.
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