Epiphenomenalism, a conflict of science and philosophy

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For a long time now, I have been thinking about the problem of body and mind and about the strangely wonderful phenomenon of consciousness. The concept of consciousness has always been a relatively neglected topic. As for questions about body and mind, one's first reaction is inevitably the impatient exclamation "But there is no problem there at all." [...]

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