Doctrine that some item under investigation is a mere by-product of some process and has no causal influence of its own.
In particular, the claim that the mind is not a separate entity from the body, that conscious phenomena are mere by-products of cerebral or neural processes and have no causal effects on those processes.
One objection to this is the difficulty it has in explaining rational trains of thought: if a thought occurs only because a suitable stage has been reached in a purely mechanical process in the brain, why should the thought be logically related to one before it?
Source:
K Campbell, Body and Mind (1970); offers ‘new’ epiphenomenalism;
Compare also: J Bricke’s discussion in Mind (1975)
Table of Contents
- 1 Videos
- 2 Related Products
- 2.1 Epiphenomenalism
- 2.2 What Do Minds Do, If Anything?
- 2.3 Epiphenomenalism
- 2.4 Epiphenomenalism
- 2.5 Mind and Brain: A Dialogue on the Mind-Body Problem
- 2.6 Philosophy of Mind: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides)
- 2.7 Monday
- 2.8 Epiphenomenal Mind: An Integrated Outlook on Sensations, Beliefs, and Pleasure (Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy)
- 2.9 Comments on The Alleged Proof of Epiphenomenalism. An original article from the British Philosophy of Science Journal, 1953.
- 2.10 Why Free Will Is Real
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What Do Minds Do, If Anything?
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Mind and Brain: A Dialogue on the Mind-Body Problem
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- 120 Pages - 03/01/2020 (Publication Date) - Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. (Publisher)
Philosophy of Mind: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides)
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- Feser, Edward (Author)
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- 280 Pages - 10/27/2006 (Publication Date) - Oneworld Publications (Publisher)
Epiphenomenal Mind: An Integrated Outlook on Sensations, Beliefs, and Pleasure (Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy)
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- Robinson, William S. (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 212 Pages - 10/19/2018 (Publication Date) - Routledge (Publisher)
Comments on The Alleged Proof of Epiphenomenalism. An original article from the British Philosophy of Science Journal, 1953.
- Wilbur Long (Author)
- 09/27/2022 (Publication Date) - British Philosophy of Science Journal (Publisher)
Why Free Will Is Real
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- List, Christian (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 224 Pages - 05/06/2019 (Publication Date) - Harvard University Press (Publisher)
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