Epiphenomenalism Definition

ĕpə-fĭ-nŏmə-nə-lĭzəm
noun
The theory that mental or conscious processes simply accompany certain neural processes as epiphenomena.
Webster's New World
(philosophy, psychology, countable) Such a doctrine, as advanced by a particular thinker or school of thought.
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Singular:
epiphenomenalism
Plural:
epiphenomenalisms

Epiphenomenalism Sentence Examples

  • It is sometimes assumed that the view that zombies are possible entails epiphenomenalism; but that is not so.

  • It is not just that we would need a new sort of relationship between thought and neural process for the purpose of escaping epiphenomenalism.

  • Is Davidson's anomalous monism a form of epiphenomenalism?

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