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Unit 3: Minds, bodies and persons
Quick questions on Property dualism and epiphenomenalism: VCE Philosophy
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what is left for the non-physical phenomenal property to do?Show answer
The natural answer is nothing. This is epiphenomenalism: mental properties are real, are produced by brain events, but are causally inert, like the smoke above a train that signals the engine without driving it.
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