(2018-09-26, 02:42 PM)Chris Wrote: Well, it was your term because I was replying to your post. But I assume you meant something involving factors that weren't within the material universe. If so, that's not synonymous with "whose nature is unknowable".
For example, suppose you were a dualist, and that you had a complete theory describing how the soul worked, which had passed all the scientific tests that could be devised. The soul's nature - or at least its action - would be known as well as we could hope to know it scientifically, but that still wouldn't make the soul material.
I use that word for convenience. When I do I'm never using it in its strict definition. I could use the word physical but I anticipate it will be misconstrued. With your previous educational background would you understand how space can be physical yet not material? Something rather than nothing as most would assume. If you do understand the analogy then you'll understand how I think anamolous phenomena including the soul may be real.