epiphenomenon

1. An activity, process, or state that is the result of another; a by-product, a consequence.

   a secondary phenomenon that is a by-product of another phenomenon

2. A mental process or state that is an incidental by-product of physiological events in the brain or nervous system.

   Epiphänomen, Begleiterscheinung

   эпифеноменepifenomen

   епіфено́менepifenómen

3. A symptom that develops during the course of a disease that is not connected to the disease.

1. Consciousness is not an epiphenomenon of matter. Rather, the matter is an epiphenomenon of consciousness.

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