nonphysical

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Services costs, which include nonphysical purchases like tutoring and tax preparation, began to climb quickly by late 2021.

From New York Times • May 10, 2023

Thomas Hobbes’s view of the soul is materialistic, whereas Descartes’s view of the soul is nonphysical.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

“I had this period of time where I didn’t allow myself to do a workout unless I could come up with a nonphysical reason why I was doing it,” Meyers said.

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2022

Overall, less than 20% of physical workers in the United States are 55 or older, the study found, compared with 44% of nonphysical workers.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2020

There is no reason—so Watson argues—to suppose that their knowledge IS anything beyond the habits shown in this behaviour: the inference that other people have something nonphysical called "mind" or "thought" is therefore unwarranted.

From The Analysis of Mind by Russell, Bertrand