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Pronunciation
italbrac|US IPA|/ˌɛpɪfɪˈnɒmɪnəl/
audio|en-us-epiphenomenal.ogg|Audio (US)

Adjective
en-adj

1. Being of secondary consequence to a causal chain of processes, but playing no causal role in the process of interest (Huettel, Function Magnetic Imaging, 2004)

Quotations

2002, w:Daniel Dennett|Daniel Dennett Philosophy for the 21st Century, essay, "Consciousness Explained".
:If qualia are epiphenomenal in the standard philosophical sense, their occurence can't explain the way things happen (in the material world) since, by definition, things would happen exactly the same without them. ¹

vi:epiphenomenal

• 2007-07-19 03:03 - BD2412 - English words that lack inflection template ([[Project:AWB|AWB]])

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