Whilst both these authors contend that the evolutionary argument is ultimately not successful in refuting
epiphenomenalism, Robinson concedes that it is a 'formidable argument' (8) and Corabi says that previous arguments against is have been diverse but 'far from decisive' (9).
The hallowed principles of classical Newtonian physics, namely, strong objectivity, causal determinism, locality, materialism, and
epiphenomenalism, do not apply at all at the quantum level.
This all suggest however, that legal
epiphenomenalism entails the subjective judicial construction of legal truth.
Is the relation between lower and higher levels of organization that of "supervenience" (as the term was initially introduced by Jaegwon Kim and is now commonly understood in the philosophical literature--as supporting reductionism and
epiphenomenalism)?
Swinburne, Richard (2011a), "Could Anyone Justifiably Believe
Epiphenomenalism," Journal of Consciousness Studies 18(3/4): 196-216.
(1999), "Is There a Problem in Physicalist
Epiphenomenalism?," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 59: 421-434.
(2006) Zombies,
epiphenomenalism, and physicalist theories of consciousness.
Natural theology differs from revealed theology, which reflects on God and the world on the grounds of what is believed to be divine revelation, e.g., the Bible or the Qur'an." And the entry on
epiphenomenalism: "The thesis that the physical world affects the mind or the mental, but not vice versa.
Third, there is nomological dualism, which is also called parallelism and
epiphenomenalism. Here, mind and matter have their own law-like activities but move parallel to each other without reciprocal interaction between them.
Unless it is shown that some physical events in the brain can be caused by some mental events,
epiphenomenalism would be true.
Epiphenomenalism, which leaves the mind an impotent bystander in a world of the physical?
Carter begins in chapter 1 by outlining some of the more prominent philosophies of mind that are usually adduced as evidence against postmortem survival:
epiphenomenalism, identity theory, and behaviorism, each of which entails that consciousness cannot survive the death of the brain.