Past Examination of Oralization

It is composed of a non-physical substance, whereas the body is made out of

matter, a physical substance. The majority of substance dualists believe that the
mind and body are capable of causally influencing one another. Interactionism is
the name for this kind of substance dualism.

Two other forms of substance dualism are occasionalism and parallelism:

*The occasionalist asserts that the two do not communicate. When we, for
instance, smash our thumb with a hammer and experience a painful and
upsetting sensation, they might appear to.

*Occasionalists, like Malebranche, claim that God, rather than the hammer and
nerves, is to blame for the sensation. God creates appropriate experiences on the
occasion of environmental events.