psychophysical parallelism
noun Philosophy.
the view that mental and bodily events occur in parallel series without causal interaction.
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Words nearby psychophysical parallelism
psychopathy, psychopharmaceutical, psychopharmacology, psychopharmacotherapy, psychophysical, psychophysical parallelism, psychophysics, psychophysiologic disorder, psychophysiological, psychophysiology, psychopomp
Compare occasionalism.
Origin of psychophysical parallelism
First recorded in 1890–95
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