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epiphenomenalist

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ep⋅i⋅phe⋅nom⋅e⋅nal⋅ism

[ep-uh-fuh-nom-uh-nl-iz-uhm]
–noun
the doctrine that consciousness is merely an epiphenomenon of physiological processes, and that it has no power to affect these processes.

Origin:
1895–1900; epi- + phenomenalism


ep⋅i⋅phe⋅nom⋅e⋅nal⋅ist, noun
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