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86 - Is mind-body interaction a problem for dualism? Ralph Stefan Weir vs. Ben Watkins

86 - Is mind-body interaction a problem for dualism? Ralph Stefan Weir vs. Ben Watkins

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Ralph Stefan Weir and Ben Watkins debate whether there is a sound argument from mental causation to materialism. Is the interaction problem for substance dualism fake or fatal? 



My interview with Dr. Weir on substance dualism:   • You Are A Soul — w/ Ralph Stefan Weir  



Dr. Ralph Stefan Weir is the author of The Mind-Body Problem and Metaphysics: An Argument from Consciousness to Mental Substance. He teaches philosophy at the University of Lincoln and is an Associate Member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford. 



Ben Watkins is the co-host of the excellent philosophy of religion podcast, Real Atheology   / @realatheology  



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86 - Is mind-body interaction a problem for dualism? Ralph Stefan Weir vs. Ben Watkins

86 - Is mind-body interaction a problem for dualism? Ralph Stefan Weir vs. Ben Watkins

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