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    It is not the case that There is a clear difference in status between body and mind or soul.

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    • 1.Neuroscientific evidence establishes that volition and rational deliberation are causally dependent on specific physical brain states.
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    • 2.If what we call 'mind' or 'soul' is realized in and constrained by neural processes, it cannot be categorically free from bodily impediment.
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    • 3.A difference in degree of control does not establish a difference in ontological status if both faculties share the same physical substrate.
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    • 1.Spinoza's dual-aspect monism holds that mind and body are two attributes of a single substance, not two distinct kinds of thing.
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    • 2.If mind and body are expressions of one underlying reality, the Stoic claim that volition is wholly unimpeded by the body conflates a pragmatic distinction with a metaphysical one.
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    • 3.Epictetus's argument from control establishes a normative hierarchy of attention, not a genuine difference in the ontological or essential status of mind over body.
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    • 1.Volition (mind/soul) is unimpeded and fully within one's control.
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    • 2.The body is not unimpeded and does not fully belong to the person.
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    • 3.Things that differ fundamentally in their degree of ownership and control differ in status.
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