Many philosophers reject the epiphenomenalist view of consciousness because it implies that conscious experiences—such as feeling pain, visual sensations, or understanding an argument—have no causal influence on human behavior.

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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• conscious experience concept
• epiphenomenalism concept
• pain concept
• consciousness concept
• human behavior concept