If epiphenomenalism is true, mental states do not explain behavior, making it explanatorily redundant to postulate mental states for others when a physical explanation for their behavior exists.

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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• mental states concept
• epiphenomenalism concept
• behavior concept