Epiphenomenalism Uncommon

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Definition, synonyms and related words

Definitions

Noun

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.

See Also

epiphenomenalistic epiphenomenalistically doctrine incidental epiphenomenalist epiphenomenal school of thought mental

Related Terms

epiphenomenalistic epiphenomenalistically doctrine incidental epiphenomenalist epiphenomenal school of thought mental process brain effects nervous system physiological material simply epiphenomenon epiphenomenological states

Rhyming Words

ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism

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