epiphenomenalism

== English == === Etymology === From epiphenomenal + -ism. Coined by English psychologist James Ward in 1899. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɛ.pi.fəˌnɒ.mə.nəˈlɪ.zəm/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɛ.pi.fəˌnɑ.mə.nəˈlɪ.zəm/ Rhymes: -ɪzəm Hyphenation: epi‧phe‧nom‧e‧nal‧ism === Noun === epiphenomenalism (countable and uncountable, plural epiphenomenalisms) (uncountable, philosophy, psychology) The doctrine that consciousness, mental states and processes are simply by-products of physiological events in the brain or nervous system and cannot themselves cause anything, whether material or immaterial. [from 1899] Synonym: conscious automatism (archaic) Near-synonym: automatism Hypernym: property dualism For more quotations using this term, see Citations:epiphenomenalism. (countable, philosophy, psychology) Such a doctrine, as advanced by a particular thinker or school of thought. ==== Related terms ==== see under derived terms: epiphenomenal ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === References === Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996. === Further reading === epiphenomenalism on the Simple English WiktionaryWiktionary simple epiphenomenalism on WikidataWikidata (sense 1, sense 2)