随ずい伴はん現げん象しょう

noun

epiphenomenon

A philosophical term for a secondary phenomenon that accompanies a primary one but does not causally influence it. Used in academic contexts.

• 意い識しきは脳のう活かつ動どうの随ずい伴はん現げん象しょうに過すぎないと主しゅ張ちょうする哲てつ学がく者しゃもいる。

  Some philosophers argue that consciousness is merely an epiphenomenon of brain activity.