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Originally Posted by BLNK

If something has a physical manifestation, is it not then a physical object? Numbers are abstract, let's use a different example. A table, for instance. This item began as a thought, and was thus physically manifested. Is a table not, then, physical? I'm not going to touch on Louie's materialism, though.

I'm not arguing that thought can't be identified as a physical reality. I'm arguing that's its not absolutely or exclusively physical.
If a table begins as a thought and then becomes physically manifested, why should we conclude that it doesn't remain a thought simultaneously?
There are many things that have both physical and mental manifestations/applications. Just because something has a physical manifestation doesn't mean it is purely or absolutely physical.

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Originally Posted by BLNK

If something has a physical manifestation, is it not then a physical object? Numbers are abstract, let's use a different example. A table, for instance. This item began as a thought, and was thus physically manifested. Is a table not, then, physical? I'm not going to touch on Louie's materialism, though.

I'm not arguing that thought can't be identified as a physical reality. I'm arguing that's its not absolutely or exclusively physical.
If a table begins as a thought and then becomes physically manifested, why should we conclude that it doesn't remain a thought simultaneously?
There are many things that have both physical and mental manifestations/applications. Just because something has a physical manifestation doesn't mean it is purely or absolutely physical.