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The Case for Free Will | Professor Matthew Dugandzic

The Thomistic Institute

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Abstraction and Approximations

This chapter delves into the concept of abstraction and how it allows the mind to derive universal ideas from specific material characteristics. It explores the idea that physics calculations and theories are approximations of reality rather than perfect representations. The chapter also touches upon the immateriality of the mind and will, discussing reflexivity as a distinguishing characteristic of immaterial entities.

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