According to the Argument from Irreducibility

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Multiple Choice

According to the argument from irreducibility

• A) Some mental phenomena can't be reduced to a merely physical explanation.
• B) A nonphysical substance could not interact with a physical body.
• C) Our mental properties must have evolved as humans evolved.
• D) Dualism offers the only possible explanation of parapsychological phenomena.

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Derived Characters

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