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epiphenomenal

Adjective

Meaning

Being of secondary consequence to a causal chain of processes, but playing no causal role in the process of interest.

(philosophy, psychology) Of or pertaining to a mental process that occurs only as an incidental effect of electrical or chemical activity in the brain or nervous system.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

In general, postmodernism seeks meaning by looking at the underlying structures that create or impose meaning, rather than the epiphenomenal appearances of the world. Source: Internet

For Marx, scientific and true knowledge is "in accordance with the dialectical understanding of history" and ideological knowledge is "an epiphenomenal expression of the relation of material forces in a given economic arrangement". Source: Internet

On the face of it, statement 3 seems able to handle both the epiphenomenal ectoplasm problem and the blockers problem. Source: Internet

This epiphenomenal association between consonant letters and vowel sounds was then seized upon and used in words without historic diphthongs. Source: Internet

To handle the epiphenomenal ectoplasm problem, statement 1 can be modified to include a "that's-all" or "totality" clause Jackson, 1998 or be restricted to "positive" properties. Source: Internet

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