psychophysical parallelism

noun

, Philosophy.

1. the view that mental and bodily events occur in parallel series without causal interaction.

Word History and Origins

Origin of psychophysical parallelism¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

In place of this, another theory has become widespread, which claims to define the relation of the two series of phenomena better and more adequately: the theory of psychophysical parallelism.

From Project Gutenberg

The principle of psychophysical parallelism, that is, the principle that every psychical process accompanies a physiological change is thus not a mere result of observation.

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It has brought about the intimate relation between psychology and the physiology of the brain, and has given us, as foundation, the theory of psychophysical parallelism; the theory that there is no psychical process without a parallel brain process.

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Yet since we have seen that the truth of psychophysical parallelism has the meaning of a postulate which we cannot escape unless we want to give up explanation altogether, it is evident that such falling back into un-physiological agencies would be just as inconsistent as if the naturalist should posit miracles in the midst of chemistry or astronomy.

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This variation of vividness, on the other hand, is no exception from the psychophysical parallelism as soon as the psychical process is considered as dependent not only upon the local and quantitative differences of the sensory process but also upon the motor function of the central physical process.

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