Arguments about epiphenomenalism may concern either type of mental event, and it should not be assumed that an argument given for one type can be rephrased without loss for the other. The two types can often be connected, however, through beliefs that one has one's qualia.
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Epiphenomenalism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In philosophy of mind, epiphenomenalism , also known as 'Type-E Dualism', is a view according to which some or all mental states are mere epiphenomena (side-effects or by-products) of physical state...
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An epiphenomenon (plural - epiphenomena) is a secondary phenomenon that occurs alongside or in parallel to a primary phenomenon. In medicine, an epiphenomenon is a secondary symptom seemingly unrela...
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An explanation of one theory of mind-body interaction, epiphenomenalism, which holds that physical events cause mental events but not vice versa. ... Epiphenomenalism is a theory of mind-body interaction. It denies mental causation, holding that mind-body interaction only occurs in one direction only: from the physical to...
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Consciousness - dead-ends in philosophy and cognitive science. Description and discussion of some strnge ideas: homunculi, dualism, epiphenomenalism, solipsism and panpsychism. ... Epiphenomenalism is the view that one's actions are not caused by one's thoughts: that we are really just passive spectators under the illusion...
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Abstract: Epiphenomenalism has been criticized with several objections. It has been argued that epiphenomenalism is incompatible with the alleged causal relevance of mental states, and that it renders knowledge of our own conscious states impossible.
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Epiphenomenalism argues that mental events are caused by - or are a by-product of - physical events, but that the interaction is one-way: mental events cannot affect physical ones.
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Encyclopedia information on Epiphenomenalism ... In philosophy of mind, epiphenomenalism holds that while mental events are caused by physical events in the brain, those mental events can have no causal effects on anything physical - including events in the brain.
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Usually epiphenomenal is used to describe a theory in which mental states exist but have no casual effect on the world. ... By this I mean that the objects that they propose to talk about do not have a casual effect on the universe. ... It is true that something that isn’t meaningful might have some private meaning to you,
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