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 Materialism is a very popular thesis among philosophers of mind that says that only physical things can causally interact. The philosophical term is: "the physical is causally closed". That means that from everything we know about causality and physics today indicates that only physical, measurable things can provide changes in other physical and measurable things, and no other things can provide these changes. Usually (at least in a Godless Europe) this is accompanied by a belief that none of these immeasurable immaterial things exists at all. Materialism is a very popular thesis among philosophers of mind that says that only physical things can causally interact. The philosophical term is: "the physical is causally closed". That means that from everything we know about causality and physics today indicates that only physical, measurable things can provide changes in other physical and measurable things, and no other things can provide these changes. Usually (at least in a Godless Europe) this is accompanied by a belief that none of these immeasurable immaterial things exists at all.
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-==== The Incompatibility Problem ==== 
  
 The more technical description of the problem goes as follows: The more technical description of the problem goes as follows:
 
 
 
 
 
 
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