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psychophysical parallelism

psychophysical parallelism noun: the theory that mental and bodily experiences occur in tandem with each other, but without any type of causal interaction.

Noun

psychophysical parallelism (uncountable)

  1. The theory that mental and bodily experiences occur in tandem with each other, but without any type of causal interaction.

Questions about psychophysical parallelism

What does psychophysical parallelism mean?
Psychophysical parallelism means the theory that mental and bodily experiences occur in tandem with each other, but without any type of causal interaction.
What part of speech is psychophysical parallelism?
Psychophysical parallelism is a noun.

Words near psychophysical parallelism in the dictionary

  1. psychophony
  2. psychophor
  3. psychophylaxis
  4. psychophysic
  5. psychophysical
  6. psychophysical parallelism
  7. psychophysical time
  8. psychophysical times
  9. psychophysically
  10. psychophysicist
  11. psychophysicists

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