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Dualism and substance use

שו”תDualism and substance use
asked 6 years ago

In the
peace,
You argued that the solution that best reconciles the relationship between body consciousness and free choice is the dualistic picture.
But I wanted to understand, if a person wants to move their body (for the example of the hand), then if I understood correctly, there is an awakening of the desire (not related to thinking) without a previous cause. Which causes a physical change in our brain, which in turn sends electrical signals to the muscles of the hand, and thus the hand is raised.
But how does the connection between the material world and the abstract spiritual will work?
on. How was man born with the knowledge to operate this extremely complicated system, so how does he know how to use all parts of the body? Isn’t that really amazing?


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מיכי Staff answered 6 years ago
The connection between mind and body is certainly a miracle, or at least something that has no scientific explanation, and meanwhile there is not even a language or conceptual framework in which to think about the matter. The question of how man was born with this knowledge is not a question. It is inherent in us from God and/or evolution.

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לוי replied 6 years ago

I think that if there was an explanation, it could be unified under a materialistic theory, just as those people kidnapped the rest of our souls.
If I understood correctly, it's like the first intelligent being and self-explanation?
But I didn't understand how evolution could explain this? After all, there is no direct connection between general thinking and the movement of the body. Just as you can raise your hand without thinking about it, or think one thing and do another.

מיכי replied 6 years ago

I didn't understand the question. Evolution ensures that those who don't know how to move their limbs properly don't survive.

לוי replied 6 years ago

But how did he know how to move his limbs even a little? The movement system is not directly related to the thinking system.
Just as one can think A and do B. Or not think at all and still act.
Don't we have to put God in the background of the explanation that gave us basic information such as the operation of the body as the first intelligent beings?

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