"epiphenomenalism" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: epiphenomenalisms [plural]
Etymology: epiphenomenal + -ism Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|epiphenomenal|ism}} epiphenomenal + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} epiphenomenalism (countable and uncountable, plural epiphenomenalisms)
  1. (philosophy, psychology, uncountable) 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. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Philosophy, Psychology
    Sense id: en-epiphenomenalism-en-noun-EXq-4X2i Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 53 47 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, psychology, sciences
  2. (philosophy, psychology, countable) Such a doctrine, as advanced by a particular thinker or school of thought. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Philosophy, Psychology
    Sense id: en-epiphenomenalism-en-noun-4bXbE7v8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 53 47 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, psychology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: epiphenomenon, epiphenomenal, epiphenomenalist, epiphenomenalistic Translations (doctrine): epifenomenalismi (Finnish), Epiphänomenalismus [neuter] (German), epifenomenalizm (Polish)
Disambiguation of 'doctrine': 48 52

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