epiphenomenalism

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- \-nə-ˌli-zəm\

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- \-nə-ˌli-zəm\

Definitions of epiphenomenalism word

noun epiphenomenalism (philosophy, psychology, uncountable) 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. 1
noun epiphenomenalism the dualistic doctrine that consciousness is merely a by-product of physiological processes and has no power to affect them 0
noun epiphenomenalism the theory that mental or conscious processes simply accompany certain neural processes as epiphenomena 0

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data about 59% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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