Essay about Materialism versus Non-Materialism in Western Science

This gives rise to two axioms: an object cannot exit a temporal point in time and reenter another point in time(since under the idea that nothing is outside of time, it is causally closed) everything that exists is physically caused. Together, this constitutes what is called causal closure. Causal closure says that everything that exists has a physical cause where a physical effect can thus not precede its cause, so under those parameters, consciousness would be caused by a physical entity called the brain. This means that for every experience that exists, there is a correlated physical neurophysiological cause where consciousness, beyond its physical interactions, is causally inert and thus cannot cause things to happen outside of itself. With that being said, if one were to be given anesthesia that blocks neurophysiological events, this would mean that, in turn, the ability to form memories and form experiences would also be blocked meaning that there would be no experiences. Non-materialism rejects materialism and physicalism's claims where non-materialistic philosophies tend to be dualistic and phenomenal. Versus stating that everything that exists is physical, non-materialistic philosophies ascribe