Reduction and Elimination in Philosophy and the Sciences

Again, this is mistaken. Non-reductive physicalism is
motivated by the thought that rationality has “no echo” in
the physical domain. What makes the A-ing an action is
the fact that it is caused and rationalized by the right
events. P does not rationalize P*. P cannot possibly
rationalize P*, as P does not have intentional content. Only
mental properties can possibly rationalize actions. And
mental properties are, we assume, not reducible to
physical properties. The reply fails. The occurrence of P*
realizes an A-ing because and only because it is caused
by M. Only the occurrence of a mental event can
rationalize behaviour.
Mental Causation: A Lesson from Action Theory — Markus Schlosser
Literature
Davidson, Donald 1970 “Mental Events”, reprinted in Donald
Davidson 1980 Essays on Actions and Events, Oxford: Clarendon
Press, 207-227.
Kim, Jaegwon 2005 Physicalism, or Something Near Enough,
Princeton: Princeton University Press.
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