According to epiphenomenalism, mental phenomena are
A) events occurring in an immaterial substance located inside the head.
B) events that are caused by physical phenomena but have no effect on the physical world.
C) events that affect the physical world but cannot be affected by it.
D) events that are identical with events in the physical world, despite appearances to the contrary.

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Epiphenomenalism holds that mental phenomena are caused by physical phenomena in the brain but have no causal power over physical phenomena. In other words, mental phenomena are a byproduct of physical events and do not themselves cause anything physical to happen. Hence, mental phenomena have no effect on the physical world.

According to Epiphenomenalism, Mental Phenomena Are