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epiphenomenalism

noun

Etymology

From epiphenomenal + -ism.

  1. borrowed from phénoménal
  2. prefixed as epiphenomenal — “epi + phenomenal”
  3. suffixed as epiphenomenalism — “epiphenomenal + ism”

Definitions

  1. The doctrine that mental states and processes are simply incidental effects of…

    The doctrine that mental states and processes are simply incidental effects of physiological events in the brain or nervous system and cannot themselves cause any effects in the material world.

  2. Such a doctrine, as advanced by a particular thinker or school of thought.

    • The theory of emergent evolution has been largely developed as a corrective of mechanistic theories with their attendant psycho-physical dualisms and epiphenomenalisms.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA