Ok. Let me present to you the Introspective argument first.
P1: The mind exists.
P2: Substance Dualism is false.
P3: The mind does not reduce to matter.
C : Mind underlies the physical universe.
Explanation:
Since the mind exists but cannot be reduced to matter, it must exist as some other substance (along with matter) or must build up matter. Since Substance dualism is false, mind underlies matter (the physical universe).
P1 is true. Dualism is false due to interaction problems. Hence, P2 is true.
P3 follows from Free will. If the mind has free will, it cannot be generated by deterministic material interactions. This is because the mind would then be a wholly deterministic system making deterministic decisions, contradicting free will. It can't be generated by random material interactions either, since that would mean that our decisions would always be random, which is false. It cannot be generated by a combination of determinism and randomness, since every decision would be partially determined (which isn't free) and partially random (which isn't free, i.e. You cannot choose or not choose to do something, it merely happens). Therefore, the mind does not reduce to matter.
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P1: The mind exists.
P2: Substance Dualism is false.
P3: The mind does not reduce to matter.
C : Mind underlies the physical universe.
Explanation:
Since the mind exists but cannot be reduced to matter, it must exist as some other substance (along with matter) or must build up matter. Since Substance dualism is false, mind underlies matter (the physical universe).
P1 is true. Dualism is false due to interaction problems. Hence, P2 is true.
P3 follows from Free will. If the mind has free will, it cannot be generated by deterministic material interactions. This is because the mind would then be a wholly deterministic system making deterministic decisions, contradicting free will. It can't be generated by random material interactions either, since that would mean that our decisions would always be random, which is false. It cannot be generated by a combination of determinism and randomness, since every decision would be partially determined (which isn't free) and partially random (which isn't free, i.e. You cannot choose or not choose to do something, it merely happens). Therefore, the mind does not reduce to matter.
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