Epiphenomenalism is a theory which posits that mental events are caused by physical events but have no causal influence on the physical world, serving as a way to avoid the problem of how immaterial and material things interact.

Authors

• Person: Howard Robinson Organization: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition)

Sources

• Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition) plato.stanford.edu Howard Robinson · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper

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• epiphenomenalism concept
• physical event concept
• mental event concept