Full Idea
Sometimes a distinction is made between 'event causation' and 'agent causation' and it has been suggested that there is an unbridgeable gap between the two.
Gist of Idea
Some propose a distinct 'agent causation', as well as 'event causation'
Source
Roderick Chisholm (Person and Object [1976], 2.5)
Book Reference
Chisholm,Roderick: 'Person and Object' [Open Court 1976], p.69
A Reaction
Nope, don't buy that. I connect it with Davidson's 'anomalous monism', that tries to combine one substance with separate laws of action. The metaphysical price for such a theory is too high to pay.
Related Idea
Idea 3963 There are no strict psychophysical laws connecting mental and physical events [Davidson]