psychophysical parallelism

American  

noun

Philosophy.

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

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Etymology

Origin of psychophysical parallelism

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

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

From The Analysis of Mind by Russell, Bertrand

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 Münsterberg, Hugo

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 Otto, Rudolf