nonphysical

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Physical bodies are treated as vessels; the “real” you is in some nonphysical self that can jump blithely around.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024

Driving this view is the assertion that nothing that is nonphysical has physical effects.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

“I had this period of time where I didn’t allow myself to do a workout unless I could come up with a nonphysical reason why I was doing it,” Meyers said.

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2022

Only 6% are 65 or older — a much smaller portion than the 24% over 65 who hold nonphysical jobs.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2020

There is no reason—so Watson argues—to suppose that their knowledge IS anything beyond the habits shown in this behaviour: the inference that other people have something nonphysical called "mind" or "thought" is therefore unwarranted.

From The Analysis of Mind by Russell, Bertrand