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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?

September 1, 2016 at 6:15 pm (This post was last modified: September 1, 2016 at 6:18 pm by Anomalocaris.)

(September 1, 2016 at 6:14 pm)Alex K Wrote: Still no statement from OP what a useful definition of non-physical entities.

A guess? An entity that is fervently asserted to exist because its supposed existence would serves the asserter's private desires or goals, but is clearly known to be impossible to demonstrate to exist.

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