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    Supports→If epiphenomenalism is true, it is explanatorily redundant to postulate mental states in others

    Attribution of mental states to others is warranted only if those states figure in inference to the best explanation of observed conduct, which epiphenomenalism structurally prohibits.

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    Attribution of mental states(the main subject of the statement)
    The act of saying that another person has thoughts, feelings, beliefs, or desires based on what we observe about them.
    Observed conduct(the evidence we use to understand others)
    Behavior that we can actually see or witness—what someone says and does.
    Structurally prohibits(how epiphenomenalism prevents the kind of mental state attribution described)
    Makes something logically impossible or rules it out by the very nature or design of the system itself.
    epiphenomenalism(philosophy of mind)
    The thesis that mental states are causally inert — they do not explain or cause behaviour, which has a complete physical explanation
    inference to the best explanation

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    A form of reasoning in which the hypothesis that best explains the observed phenomena is inferred to be true

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