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Definition of Epiphenomenon
1. Noun. A secondary phenomenon that is a by-product of another phenomenon.
Definition of Epiphenomenon
1. Noun. (medicine) A symptom that develops during the course of a disease that is not connected to the disease. ¹
2. Noun. (philosophy psychology) A mental state or process that is an incidental byproduct of physiological events in the brain or nervous system. ¹
3. Noun. Any state, process, or other activity that is the result of another. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Epiphenomenon
1. [n -MENA]
Medical Definition of Epiphenomenon
1. A symptom appearing during the course of a disease, not of usual occurrence, and not necessarily associated with the disease. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Epiphenomenon
Literary usage of Epiphenomenon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Naturalism and Agnosticism: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the by James Ward (1903)
"... and yet (2) that the psychical is a 'collateral product' or epiphenomenon of
the physical. The very statement is thus self-contradictory. ..."
2. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1913)
"In comparison with the infinite expanse of the universe, how inconsiderable is
this epiphenomenon of the human soul! Yet a great philosopher who wrote the ..."
3. Popular Science Monthly (1902)
"It is essential to have a clear notion of what is meant by an epiphenomenon.
Etymologically the word indicates something which is superimposed upon the ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1903)
"The epiphenomenon hypothesis of consciousness scarcely does more than explain
consciousness very easily by merely assuming that it does not require to be ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"3) says: An epiphenomenon is something superimposed upon the actual ... There is
no idea at all underneath the epiphenomenon hypothesis of consciousness. ..."
6. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1900)
"... epiphenomenon, man an automaton, and his mind no part of the mechanism. ...
consciousness could hardly be other than an epiphenomenon correlated with a ..."
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