epiphenomenalism

Japanese: epiphenomenalism
epiphenomenalism

...So, Fechner called the idea that there is no such action, that the mind and the body are in perfect sync like two clocks, running in parallel. One variant of this is the epiphenomenalism, which says that the mind accompanies the movements of the body, especially the brain, which is the main actor. Either way, nothing can be said here about the mechanism that makes the mind and body parallel.

*Some explanations of terms that mention "epiphenomenalism" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…そこで,そのような作用はない,心と身体とは二つの時計のようにうまく調子がそろって平行しているのだ,というのがフェヒナーが平行論Parallelismusと名付けたものである(心身平行論)。その一変種として,主役である身体とくに脳の動きに心が随伴するという随伴説epiphenomenalismがある。いずれにせよここでも心身を平行させる機構については何も語ることができない。…

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