epiphenomenalism

Noun

 * 1)  The doctrine that mental states and processes are simply incidental effects of physiological events in the brain or nervous system and cannot themselves cause any effects in the material world.
 * 2)  Such a doctrine, as advanced by a particular thinker or school of thought.
 * 1)  Such a doctrine, as advanced by a particular thinker or school of thought.

Related terms

 * epiphenomenon
 * epiphenomenal
 * epiphenomenalist
 * epiphenomenalistic

Translations

 * Finnish: epifenomenalismi
 * German:
 * Polish: epifenomenalizm