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
Services costs, which include nonphysical purchases like tutoring and tax preparation, had begun to climb quickly.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 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
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 Bertrand Russell
