Cognitive and Physical

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Cognitive adjective - Of or being or relating to or involving cognition.

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Physical is an antonym for cognitive in concerning the mind topic.

Nearby Word: cognition

Physical adjective - Of or relating to the human body.

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Cognitive is an antonym for physical.

All things—including objects—have a physical, cognitive, and spiritual element.

Source: Theseus' Ship Paradox
This is most notable with Elantrians, who eat it instead of food, and the spirits of objects in the Cognitive Realm who need it to sustain themselves when far from their physical bodies.

Source: Magic Eater
Those with a lot of Investiture (magic energy) linger far longer as Cognitive Shadows, souls stuck within Cognitive Realm due to their Investiture anchoring them in the Physical one.

Source: Literature / The Cosmere

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