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What philosophical evidence is there against believing in non-physical entities?
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RE: What philosophical evidence is there against believing in non-physical entities?
(August 31, 2016 at 3:14 pm)ChadWooters Wrote:
(August 31, 2016 at 3:08 pm)Alex K Wrote: Still no clear statement what non-physical entities are?

As for me I word say that the meanings of words, language in general, is nonphysical. At the very least, it is irreducible.

Meanings of words are given by the way they are recognized by the neural networks in our brains. This is determined by physical structures, the corresponding information is stored in the positions of axons and synapses etc...
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

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RE: What philosophical evidence is there against believing in non-physical entities? - by Alex K - August 31, 2016 at 3:20 pm

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