epiphenomenalism
The doctrine that consciousness, mental states and processes are simply by-products of…The doctrine that consciousness, mental states and processes are simply by-products of physiological events in the brain or nervous system and cannot themselves cause anything, whether material or immaterial.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)The doctrine that consciousness, mental states and processes are simply by-products of physiological events in the brain or nervous system and cannot themselves cause anything, whether material or immaterial.
In the eyes of epiphenomenalism, anger does not cause one to shout nor does grief cause one to cry; the feelings are by-products of the underlying physical causes and nothing more.
(countable)Such a doctrine, as advanced by a particular thinker or school of thought.
Epiphänomenalismus
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Forms
plural: epiphenomenalisms| Singular | epiphenomenalism |
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