epiphenomenalism
/ep-uh-fuh-nom-uh-nl-iz-uhm/US // ˌɛp ə fəˈnɒm ə nlˌɪz əm //UK // (ˌɛpɪfɪˈnɒmɪnəˌlɪzəm) //
表面现象主义,现象学,现象主义,现象学原理
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the doctrine that consciousness is merely an epiphenomenon of physiological processes, and that it has no power to affect these processes.
Examples
For these and other reasons epiphenomenalism is today held by few, if any, philosophers.
Bergson however has more to assert than merely the inadequacy and falsity of Parallelism or Epiphenomenalism.
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