epiphenomenalists

Noun

epiphenomenalist (plural epiphenomenalists)

1. A proponent of epiphenomenalism.
   • The epiphenomenalist holds that while mental phenomena are caused to occur by the various activities of the brain, they do not have any causal effects in turn. They are entirely impotent with respect to causal effects on the physical world. They are mere epiphenomena.1986, Paul M. Churchland, Matter and Consciousness, Cambridge, Massachusetts; London, England: The MIT Press, →ISBN, page 11