Perhaps, conscious experience associates with, is supervenient upon, or is a property of physical objects and events, but mind does not affect body or brain {epiphenomena} {epiphenomenalism}. Body and brain can act upon, control, and result in mind, consciousness, and conscious experience, or mind can be a byproduct. Perhaps, conscious experiences have effects in the mental world.
object and sense
People can report on their consciousness, and sense qualities do not correspond to physical objects or events. Senses have different logic for representing physical properties, such as for sound and light wavelengths [Ramachandran, 2004].
no causation
Mental and conscious events have no physical or mental effects {methodological epiphenomenalism}, because the physical world can have no outside causes. Mental events that seem to cause have physical causes.
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