Definition of "epiphenomena" [epiphenomena]

• Plural form of epiphenomenon. (noun)

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• "As for the "epiphenomena" - at least the ones Frye postulates, since mythos, ethos and dianoia are Aristotelian terms, as far as I'm aware (and also somewhat more abstract and complex than their modern counterparts "plot", "character" and "idea") - Frye himself tack them on as names of categories containing the low-level features you probably have in mind and admits that they often interpenetrate."
• "That would actually retard the application of physics research, by tying it much to closely with the ultimate goal -- it would look like NIH biological research, where everyone looks under the same lamp post instead of looking in the dark (In biology, you see huge funding going for Protein X, or Y or Z because you can justify it in a grant -- rather than looking for general mechanism that may find the X or Y or Z are ultimately epiphenomena, which is not very fundable)."
• "But, even more important, it puts severely at question the notion that man is entirely determined by his brain activity and that his experience of consciousness and will are either illusory or just "epiphenomena" of brain function."