Dualism Vs Dualism

Dualism is the view which states that there exists two types of substances. An immaterial entity that is responsible for our mental life, and a material body . It claims that both are able to interact and affect one another. In Difficulties for the Dualist by Smith, P. and Jones, O.R. , many problems are raised against dualism. I will focus on the nature of the mind/body interaction. The argument claims that the mind/body causal interaction is mysterious, and therefore materialism is the more attractive argument. I will disagree with the authors by arguing that body/body interactions are equally mysterious considering that both types of interactions both boil down to a rock-bottom explanation in which we can no longer further explain. I will then conclude that dualism is valid in claiming

If you ask a dualist to explain in detail how the intention to raise your arm could cause it to lift, the dualist would not be able to identify a direct cause, and will have to settle with the claim that this is what we observe to be happening. However, if you ask a materialist, or someone who denies that there exists immaterial entities responsible for our mental life, to explain how to objects can cause each other to move, the materialist will appeal to the initial force that causes the object to move, and the gravity and friction that slow it down and eventually cause it to stop to explain the causal mechanism at work. They can further explain by appealing to the qualities of the objects, such as weight, and so on. Therefore, materialism is viewed as the more appealing position because it can offer deeper levels of explanation of the body/body interactions, while dualism is viewed as mysterious because it is unable to provide an explanation for the mind/body at such deep