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| | Exit Epiphenomenalism |
 | | Epiphenomenalism is one of the answers that dualists give to the question of psychogenical causality: the influence of mind on reality. | | | On page 403 he says literally: : 'So if anyone claims to uphold a variety of epiphenomenalism, try to be polite, but ask: What are you talking about', and on page 405 he concludes: 'There could not be an empirical reason, then for believing in epiphenomena. | | | Now, parallellism should be disqualified for a similar reason as the one given against epiphenomenalism, it even is the mirror image of our analytical argument. |
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| | Epiphenomenalism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | For example it is possible to imagine the most bizarre body gesture with your mind and then to do it. | | | One particularly potent problem is that it seems that if Epiphenomenalism is true then it seems as if there can be no real discussion of the epiphenomena. | | | Epiphenomenalism is the view in philosophy of mind according to which physical events have mental effects, but mental events have no effects of any kind. |
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| | This belief is naturally distasteful to people who are secure in their possession of a free will. | | | Epiphenomenalism is the belief that consciousness is an incidental by-product of physical reality, upon which it can have no effects. | | | It would be impossible to know how this world would behave if all of the minds were evacuated from it, in the same way that it is impossible to know how a single electron behaves if we don’t observe it. |
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| | But Chalmers arguments for coherence, I believe, fail. | | | Nonetheless, he believes it is an implication of his theory, and his attempts to qualify his view to avoid epiphenomenalism are, as we will see, tentative. | | | I will attempt to show that his theory — a "nonreductive functionalism" — results in a strong epiphenomenalism in which, at certain points in his theory, the subject of experience seems, paradoxically, to be absent — that is, there is no self. |
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| | John Gregg: Epiphenomenalism |
| | If my mind's functioning has two aspects, cognitive and experiential, can we even say that one aspect is "me" and not the other, or that one aspect is doing all the willful work and not the other? | | | Epiphenomenalism is the claim that even if consciousness is real in the Hard Problem sense, there is no room for it to be causally efficacious. | | | No, there is no knock-down purely logical argument against epiphenomenalism, but as would-be scientists, we should feel comfortable discarding the more wildly implausible ideas, and epiphenomenalism is such an idea. |
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| | Consciousness - philosophical deadends. Homunculi, dualism, epiphenomenalism, solipsism and panpsychism. |
| | If you're an epiphenomenalist, you must believe that any other conscious entities in the world are incapable of communicating with you, or exerting any influence on the world - so what grounds can you have for believing in them? | | | Strictly, of course, speech is another form of behaviour, so a rigorous epiphenomenalist would actually have to hold that these rationalisations and confabulations were also nothing to do with the person in themselves. | | | The idea appeals to those who want to accept that physics explains the causes of all events, including the behaviour of human beings, while still regarding consciousness as something over and above this merely mechanical process. |
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| | Other Dualisms |
| | Epiphenomenalism is a form of Parallelism which has some present day advocates. | | | Why was epiphenomenalism so popular in the nineteenth century? | | | However, Epiphenomenalism also states that they irreducible i.e. |
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| | Epiphenomenalism - Wikipedia |
| | Epiphenomenalism is a kind of dualism according to which physical events have mental effects, but mental events have no physical effects. | | | (The word EpiPhenomenon means, roughly, "by-product." That is why the view is called "epiphenomenalism"; it is the view that the mental is just a by-product of the physical.)---- EpiPhenomenon has more than one meaning, outside of philosophy. | | | In other words, the causal interaction goes only one way, from physical to mental. |
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| | Arguments against Reductionism, Materialism and Epiphenomenalism |
| | Epiphenomenalism avoids some of the absurdities of the behaviorists by claiming that consciousness and thought-processes do actually exist, though only as epiphenomena generated by the physical activities of the brain. | | | Consequently, dualism goes further than epiphenomenalism in claiming not only that zombies could theoretically exist, but they actually do exist in the form of all non-human animals. | | | The purpose of this article is to attempt to clarify the differences and similarities between the Kadampa Buddhist view of reality and the western philosophical positions of materialism, dualism, epiphenomenalism and physicalism - including the modern reductionist version of physicalism known as computationalism. |
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| | McLaughlin's "On Davidson's Response to the Charge of Epiphenomenalism" |
| | This is not what his critics mean when they charge him with epiphenomenalism. | | | He says that AM + P is consistent with epiphenomenalism, but not with AM + P + S. Supervenience guarantees the causal efficacy of the mental. | | | So he obviously recognizes that epiphenomenalism is a potential problem. |
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| | A George Santayana Home Page: EPIPHENOMENALISM |
| | However, this question of the epiphenomenal level and poetic function of all mind, doesn't come within your direct subject, and it is my own preoccupation with it that raises it inopportunately, like a ghost in the daytime. | | | The thoughts of men are incredibly evanescent, merely the foam of their labouring natures. | | | Epiphenomenalism might be defined as the theory that consciousness is an inefficacious by-product of the animal processes that underlie it. |
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| | In terms of science we would like to believe in Epiphenomenalism because given that it is true, it is possible to learn everything about physical events, because there is no other variable involved in the cause of these events. | | | Epiphenomenalism is the theory that casual connection is possible, but that it only works one way: Body to Mind. | | | You then receive the message about the pain slightly faster than the wince, and thus think that your feeling the pain caused the wince, even thought that is not true at all. |
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| | Comments on “Zombies, Zimboes, and Epiphenomenalism,” by Neil Campbell |
| | In his rejection of the conceivability approach says, “[we] are asked to imagine beings that are unconscious although there could be no evidence for us to draw this conclusion about them.” [p. | | | The metaphysical possibility of beings which are physically indistinguishable from the rest of us but which lack consciousness implies that phenomenal properties are non-physical by any plausible standard of physicality. | | | 5] And when discussing the emendation to Kirk’s argument designed to render it compatible with epiphenomenalism, he says, “[the] problem with this is that we now have no reason as impartial observers to think anything at all has happened to Dan.” [p. |
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| | This last claim, however, does not seem to follow from the basic | | | Epiphenomenalism is defined as a mind-body dualism which accepts that | | | Typically, presentations of epiphenomenalism go further than this, and |
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| | Philosophy of Mind - Dualism - Epiphenomenalism |
| | If so, what difference is there between epiphenomenalism and certain forms of materialism? | | | The reason for this is the way in which the theory classes mental events as secondary, leading to the view that physical events are primary. | | | Epiphenomenalism is often confused with materialism but this is in fact a misunderstanding. |
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| | Philosophy of the mind; |
| | But, do we, as conscious beings, want to believe that our perception of the world, is merely a side issue, which is of no relevance to anything? | | | Nowadays, the two main theories held in Philosophy of the mind are epiphenomenalism and functionalism, depending on whether you believe that the mind can cause actions or not. | | | The supervenience principle, which surmises that if two material things are identical in all properties, then they both must have exactly the same mental properties; that is, there can be no mental difference without a physical difference. |
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| | This epiphenomenalism of reflective consciousness being taken as abstract, you can say, goes perfectly well with perceptual consciousness having no tinge of epiphenomenalism to it. | | | We need such a relation actually to have such a view of reflective consciousness to consider. | | | They have nothing to do causally with, say, locations of croquet balls. |
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| | Epiphenomenalism |
| | In philosophy of mind, epiphenomenalism is a kind of dualism. | | | Going to her mother's and father's room, carrying on the distinct process of thought in regard to Merwyn, course when they should meet. | | | All is still licensed under the GNU FDL. |
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| | The overdetermination/epiphenomenalism dilemma for dualism |
| | Because the kind of rampant overdetermination required by (a) is improbable (Overdetermination occurs, but it is rare.) and epiphenomenalism seems to contradict the plain facts. |
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| | Falsifying epiphenomenalism |
| | If epiphenomenalism argues that the soul is created as a side-effect of brain activity, and exists as an entity of it's own, extending the physical funtioning of the brain, and that causality is one-way, then it can easily be refuted. | | | > If epiphenomenalism argues that the soul is created as a side-effect of brain activity, and exists as an entity of it's own, extending the physical funtioning of the brain, and that causality is one-way, then it can easily be refuted. | | | This message is a reply to Monism vs. Dualism posted from Jarno posted at July 04, 1999 |
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| | The Philosophy Journal : epiphenomenalism... Does it make any sen |
| | that was my take on it.perhaps you didn't read the whole thread here.I didn't say I agreed with epiphenomenalism I was simply explaining what it was to you since you asked,hon. | | | Epiphenomenalism in a nut shell is the view that physical events have mental effects, but mental events have no effects of any kind. | | | If it came off that way, I do appologize. |
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| | Unless there is some stronger link between the mental properties and the physical properties than co-instantiation, then epiphenomenalism remains a problem for anomalous monism. | | | So there's needs to be some link between mental properties and physical properties, but that link cannot be lawlike or we will have psychophysical laws. | | | By itself, this response is unsatisfactory because it has not shown that the mental is causally relevant - it seems all it has shown is that mental events cause physical events, which was never in question. |
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| | Behaviorism [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] |
| | The enduring cogency of behaviorism's challenge to the scientific bona fides of consciousness means that methodologically, at least, there seems no viable alternative to "practically everybody in cognitive science" remaining -- if not "a behaviorist of one sort or another" (Fodor 2001: 13-14) -- at least, behavioristic in some manner. | | | It is due, largely, to their reluctance to embrace such drastic expedients as parallelism and epiphenomenalism that, despite recently renewed would-be scientific interest in consciousness, most cognitive scientists and allied analytic philosophers continue to reject metaphysical dualism -- remaining true to their metaphysical, along with their methodological, behavioral roots. |
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| | ASA - April 1998: Epiphenomenalism (was: more, briefly) |
| | Traditionally, 'epiphenomenalism' was the doctrine that physical (brain) | | | Epiphenomenalism is generally in disfavor as a theory of mind, as it fails | | | Next in thread: Glenn Morton: "Re: Epiphenomenalism (was: more, briefly)" |
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| | Epiphenomenalism Info - Bored Net - Boredom |
| | In philosophy of mind, epiphenomenalism can be called a partial interaction: Physical events can effect mental phenomina, but mental phenomena cannot effect physical phenomena. |
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| | Mind Philosophy Theory - Epiphenomenalism |
| | The Epiphenomenalist affirms that we perceive the physical world through our senses - our consequent experiences are mental states caused by this physical sense. | | | For surely a causal connection must exist between a thought and the physical action it produces...? | | | But Epiphenomenalism denies the fact that the human is an intentional agent. |
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| | The KLI Theory Lab - keywords - epiphenomenalism |
| | This keyword was found on the following pages: | | | Keywords: consciousness • epiphenomenalism • Huxley, T.H. Kim, J. Philosophy of Mind. | | | The KLI Theory Lab - keywords - epiphenomenalism |
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| | Plato's Theory of Supervenience and Epiphenomenalism - Shaun Baker - The Examined Life On-Line Philosophy Journal |
| | Applying the principle of charity, I assume that Plato was familiar with such examples but considered them to be beside the point. His primary sphere of concern was with the rational and reasoned. | | | I begin by sketching the supervenience theory and epiphenomenalism. | | | Therefore, to the extent that our experiences report these things to us, our experiences are illusory. It is obvious that epiphenomenalism conflicts with our experience quite strongly. However, we also see why the epiphenomenalist is willing to swallow this. |
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| | Re: Exit Epiphenomenalism |
| | This message is a reply to Exit Epiphenomenalism posted from Titus Rivas posted at June 23, 2002 at 02:28:55 |
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| | Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind - epiphenomenalism |
| | epiphenomenalism - The doctrine that mental phenomena are not causal despite the fact they may seem to be | | | Please update any links and go there for the latest version. | | | Thanks to our sponsors: Logo design by logobee |
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| | List words containing epiphenomenalism - shortest first |
| | List all words containing epiphenomenalism, in alphabetical order | | | List all words that contain epiphenomenalism, sorted by length | | | Some random words: jiao comma ceanothus ependyma khaddar ne fry |
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| | The Nation, 11/21/1934 - Epiphenomenalism and Economics by Krutch, Joseph Wood |
| | ...The fact remains, nevertheless, that in the Western world few if any reputable physiologists today actually defend a thoroughgoing epiphenomenalism... | | | The Nation, 11/21/1934 - Epiphenomenalism and Economics by Krutch, Joseph Wood | | | ...Epiphenomenalism and Economics Condorcet and the Rise of Liberalism in France... |
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| | CiteULike: G_RAM's epiphenomenalism |
| | posted to epiphenomenalism mind philosophy by G_RAM as | | | clustering cognition collaboration collective_action community connectionism economics emergence epiphenomenalism game games gaming mapping mind mmo mmorpg mutual_aid networks philosophy search social-networks social_networks systematicity tagging tags trust video_game video_games virtual virtual_worlds wiki wikipedia | | | Recent papers added to G_RAM's library classified by the tag epiphenomenalism. |
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| | epiphenomenalism from FOLDOC |
| | Recommended Reading: D. Armstrong, The Mind-Body Problem: An Opinionated Introduction (Westviesw, 1999) and Jaegwon Kim, Mind in a Physical World: An Essay on the Mind-Body Problem and Mental Causation (Bradford, 2000). | | | Nearby terms: Epicureanism « Epicurus « Epimenides paradox « epiphenomenalism » epistemology » epoché » E proposition |
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