nonphysical
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The approach makes explicit what James sees as a basic assumption underlying science: physical phenomena can cause both physical and nonphysical phenomena, while nonphysical phenomena cannot themselves cause physical events.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Physical bodies are treated as vessels; the “real” you is in some nonphysical self that can jump blithely around.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
Thomas Hobbes’s view of the soul is materialistic, whereas Descartes’s view of the soul is nonphysical.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
They’re exactly what they sound like: nonphysical versions of a common form of state identification.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2021
These can also be applied to nonphysical objects, such as data structures.
From The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 by Eric S. Raymond
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