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Epiphenomenon

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Epiphenomenon 

an adjunct to a phenomenon; a secondary phenomenon that accompanies other phenomena but has no influence on them. Some adherents of voluntarism, such as E. von Hartmann and F. Nietzsche, regarded consciousness as an epiphenomenon—an implement of the unconscious world will—while several natural-science materialists, including T. Huxley, viewed it as a consequence of the activity of the higher nervous system.
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In a case-control study, Mochan and colleagues found protein S deficiency to be an epiphenomenon associated with HIV infection, and it occurred significantly more frequently in HIV-seropositive subjects compared to HIV-seronegative patients with ischemic stroke (p < 0.
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It is an epiphenomenon," he added, decrying an attempt to "torpedo the ongoing negotiations to end the crisis" in the country.
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president of a black man with the strange name - Barack Obama - is but one reflection, one epiphenomenon of how deeply things are changing, across what a wide array of fronts, and how quickly, around the world.
Carpe diem decretorium "seize the day of decision" by Flower, Joe / Physician Executive
 
 
 
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