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Encyclopedia: Epiphenomenalism
In philosophy of mind, epiphenomenalism is a view according to which some or all mental states are mere epiphenomena (side-effects or by-products) of physical states of the world. Thus, epiphenomenali...
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In philosophy of mind, epiphenomenalism is the view that mental phenomena are epiphenomena in that they can be caused by physical phenomena,
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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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Glossary of Religion and Philosophy - Epiphenomenalism Epiphenomenalism is the doctrine that all mental phenomena are wholly caused by physical events in the brain itself, but that mental phenomena themselves have absolutely no effects on the physical brain.
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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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Mar 5, 2009 Epiphenomenalism as a solution to the ontological mind-body problem. Huxley's epiphenomenalism: A criticism and an appreciation.
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Exit Epiphenomenalism: The Demolition of a Refuge epiphenomenalism, the argument from the justification of the In this article we ask ourselves whether epiphenomenalism is a...
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Title: Epiphenomenalism and content Issue Date: Jul-1987 Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers; D. Reidel Publishing Company ; Springer Science+Business Media...
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