An Argument in Moreland

(1) Mental events are genuine non-physical mental entities that exist.

(2) Specific mental event types are regularly correlated with specific physical event types.

(3) There is an explanation for these correlations.

(4) Personal explanation is different from natural scientific explanation.

(5) The explanation for these correlations is either a personal or natural scientific explanation.

(6) The explanation is not a natural scientific one.

(7) Therefore, the explanation is a personal one.

(8) If the explanation is personal, then it is theistic.

(9) Therefore, the explanation is theistic.