Mechanists define the conscious mind as an epiphenomenon, meaning it is a by-product of the physical system that exerts no influence back upon that system.

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 mind concept
• physical systems concept