epiphenomenal

形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 /ˌɛpɪfɪˈnɒmɪnəl/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Being of secondary consequence to a causal chain of processes, but playing no causal role in the process of interest.
    — An organism's consciousness is epiphenomenal to its behavior, and its behavior is determined by unconscious calculations.
  2. 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.
    — If qualia are epiphenomenal in the standard philosophical sense, their occurrence can't explain the way things happen (in the material world) since, by definition, things would happen exactly the same without them.

词形变化

more epiphenomenal comparative most epiphenomenal superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
epiphenomenalism epiphenomenalist epiphenomenalistic epiphenomenalize epiphenomenally

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi
Proto-Hellenic *epí
Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí)
Ancient Greek ἐπῐ- (epĭ-)der.
English epi-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der.
Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō
Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)
Ancient Greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon)bor.
Late Latin phaenomenonder.
English phenomenon
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
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Ancient Greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon)bor.
French phénomène
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Old French -al
Middle French -al
French -al
French phénoménalbor.
English phenomenal
English epiphenomenal
From epi- + phenomenal.
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