
Ep. 286: Malebranche on Causality and Theology (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The Laws of the Union of the Soul and Body - Is God Really Necessary?
The laws that are regular in the world, aren't inherent in the world. They are instituted and activated by god. And so we relieve ourselves. But all that law like behavior is still there. It's just made to appear lawlike in that particular way. There are certain correlations between qualia and these physical brain states. That relationship is kind of fundamental and brute,. You can create a ledger of correlations between brain states and mental states. but that's not a straightforward quo causal relationship.
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