# Metadata Source URL:: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epiphenomenalism/#:~:text=Epiphenomenalism%20is%20the%20view%20that%20mental%20events%20are%20caused%20by%20physical%20events%20in%20the%20brain%2C%20but%20have%20no%20effects%20upon%20any%20physical%20events.%20Behavior%20is%20caused%20by%20muscles%20that%20contract%20upon%20receiving%20neural%20impulses%2C%20and%20neural%20impulses%20are%20generated%20by%20input%20from%20other%20neurons%20or%20from%20sense%20organs. --- # Epiphenomenalism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) ## Highlights > [!check]+ Updated on 280822_141923 > > Epiphenomenalism is the view that mental events are caused by physical >events in the brain, but have no effects upon any physical events. >Behavior is caused by muscles that contract upon receiving neural >impulses, and neural impulses are generated by input from other >neurons or from sense organs. On the epiphenomenalist view, mental >events play no causal role in this process