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psychophysical parallelism

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noun

Philosophy.
  1. the view that mental and bodily events occur in parallel series without causal interaction.


Etymology

Origin of psychophysical parallelism

First recorded in 1890–95


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In place of this, another theory has become widespread, which claims to define the relation of the two series of phenomena better and more adequately: the theory of psychophysical parallelism.

From Naturalism And Religion by Rudolf Otto

The principle of psychophysical parallelism, that is, the principle that every psychical process accompanies a physiological change is thus not a mere result of observation.

From Psychotherapy by Hugo Münsterberg

The modern doctrine of psychophysical parallelism is not appreciably different from this theory of the Cartesian school.

From The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell

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