Sentences with word «epiphenomenon»

(«Theories of evolution [that], in accordance with the philosophies inspiring them, consider the mind as emerging from the forces of living matter, or as a mere epiphenomenon of this matter, are incompatible with the truth about man.»)

Yet nothing so excites the modern materialist as the possibility of proving that consciousness is reducible to physiology, that freedom is an illusion, that mind is a ghostly epiphenomenon of unconscious metabolisms.

There's no doubt that the 1 - click epiphenomenon can be created, in various ways, using just software and ordinary computers.

Consequently, theories of evolution which, in accordance with the philosophies inspiring them, consider the spirit as emerging from the forces of living matter or as a mere epiphenomenon of this matter, are incompatible with the truth about man.

But all the other conventions of figuration: gravity, volume, room, near and far, light and dark; they don't enter into it except as epiphenomenon, the flotsam and jetsam cast off from his paint handling.

Religion, in this view, is simply the epiphenomenon disguising the «real» forces at work» economic, military, politico - structural, etc. etc..

For others, physical nature is the sole reality and mind is an epiphenomenon» (MT 150).

Man, created in the image and likeness of God (cf. Genesis 1:26) has a mind and will which are not merely an «epiphenomenon» of his material being (cf. Message delivered to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, 22 October 1996, by Pope John Paul II).

Of course, everything changes for the postmodern academics who think mere humanity not a locus of dignity at all, that only experience and not being matters, that what one is doesn't count, that human personhood is only an epiphenomenon rather than a nature.

The reemergence of a Victorian family ideal as part of the vision of a Christian America in the 1950s was an epiphenomenon, a temporary spark of life in a dying ethos.

Anil Ananthaswamy seems to dismiss Thomas Henry Huxley's view that consciousness is an «epiphenomenon» — a mere side effect of...

Anil Ananthaswamy seems to dismiss Thomas Henry Huxley's view that consciousness is an «epiphenomenon» — a mere side effect of the brain's workings (1 July, p 8).

«Many rheumatologists think that the autoantibodies are an epiphenomenon — an interesting phenomenon but not directly related to the cause of lupus,» said Wolin.

Maybe it was an epiphenomenon that was secondary to the process of transformation.

Rather it might either be just something that happens or, in some instances, an epiphenomenon of coordination of expression to enable reduced gene expression noise.

There's also some testosterone you know, relationships where it might not an adaptation so much as a you know, epiphenomenon of some other adaptation.

Now that we have a working understanding of hormonal obesity, we can start to apply this knowledge to understand the epiphenomenon of obesity.

The low morning cortisol isn't the «cause» of the depression — it's simply an epiphenomenon that occurs in those depressed people who don't sleep well.)

Speaking as a reductionist, I'm going to assume that the so - called 1 - click method is an epiphenomenon.

Alternatively, is engagement just an epiphenomenon that occurs when adversity befalls people who already possess particular characteristics (e.g. optimism, openness to experience, secure attachment, and low neuroticism)?»