Jaegwon Kim argues that the "matching problem" is a serious problem for substance dualism. He thinks dualism is unintelligible and aims to show that the "matching problem" explains this. The conclusion presented by Kim is that mind as an immaterial substance cannot causally interact with physical objects and, moreover, with anything at all; this renders minds futile, leaving us to conclude that substance dualism is also futile. I will explain what casual relations and the matching problem are to clarify that the matching problem makes dualism unintelligible. I will further consider a possible objection to this position and a possible response. In conclusion, I agree with Kim's approach, the matching problem succeeds in making dualism unintelligible by showing that minds have no way of interacting with physical objects due to the fact that they cannot not be correctly matched by cause and effect. Before we attack what the matching problem is and what it does to dualism. I'd like to comment on what Kim says about casual relationships in general. He begins by presenting an argument for physical causation. In this argument, two guns are fired A and B and both kill a person X and Y respectively. The question asked is: what causes A to cause the death of X and B to cause the death of Y and not the other way around? This is the notion of pairing, what is associated with what and why? So, Kim thinks that if there is a casual relationship between two relational properties or events, then there is a way to understand that we can couple these two properties or events together. He believes that there are two different ways of explaining these fortuitous relationships between two incidents. The first possible way is to follow a ...... middle of paper ......rect matching; whether using direct spatial coordinates or a list of joint events, these seem to be the only two plausible options. Therefore, we can conclude that to achieve the correct matching between two events, both objects present in such events must be physical in order to have spatial relationships. The mind and body do not occupy the same spatial domain and cannot be properly associated. Therefore, substance dualism is unintelligible. Works Cited Vaught, J.R. (2008). The Kim matching problem and the viability of substance dualism. (MA thesis, Georgia State University) Retrieved from http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1042&context=philosophy_thesesOxford University Press. (2014). The Oxford Dictionary. Retrieved from http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/Kim, J. (2011). Philosophy of Mind. (3rd ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Westview Press.