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Physicalism holds that reality has a causally closed mechanical layer, investigable through physics experiments, that is not affected by human intentions.

Unresolved speaker · Why Leibniz Couldn't Find the Mind Inside the Mill (Joscha Bach) · 2 Nov 2026

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“I think physicalism is a certain hypothesis, and it comes down to there being a causally closed mechanical layer to reality that can be researched using experiments in physics labs, and, uh, that this causally closed mechanical layer of reality is not moved by our intentions, right?”
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