epiphenomenalism

epiphenomenalism

1. Inelegance and counterintuitiveness are better than incoherence;so if good arguments force us to epiphenomenalism as the most coherent view, then we should take it seriously.

不雅和反直观总比不融贯好，所以，如果好论证逼迫我们到副现象上（作为最融贯的理论），那么我们应该严肃持有。

2. but up to the present time human beings who think about mental phenomena - even materialists who would never dream of toying with epiphenomenalism - do feel the urge to ask just this.

但到了现而今考虑精神现象的人（即使是从来不做副现象梦的物质主义者）都热衷于追问这个问题。

3. Like epiphenomenalism, the view appears to be compatible with all our evidence, and there is no direct evidence against it.

就如副现象论，观点显得相容于所有我们的证据，没有直接反对的证据。

4. These views share much of the structure of the type-E view (causally closed physical world, distinct phenomenal properties), but escapes the charge of epiphenomenalism.

这些观点分享的是E类观点（物理的因果闭合，明确/可区别的现象属性），但是避免了副现象的指责。