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The Argument for Epi-Phenomenalism

The author of the paper says physicalism is false because extra properties don't do any causing to use philosophers jargon, the epi-phenomena. The materialists rolled over when they heard your argument and came up with a number of counter arguments that were 'unbelievable', he writes. But it was the picture of himself writing the paper uncalls by the cholia which made him change his mind about whether or not there's an obvious error in the argument.

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