Full Idea
If reductionism goes, so does the intelligibility of mental causation.
Gist of Idea
Without reductionism, mental causation is baffling
Source
Jaegwon Kim (Philosophy of Mind [1996], p.237)
Book Reference
Kim,Jaegwon: 'Philosophy of Mind' [Westview 1998], p.237
A Reaction
Quite so. Substance dualism turns mental causation into a miracle, but property dualism is really no better. If no laws connect brain and mind, you have no account. I don't see how 'reasons are causes' (Davidson) helps at all.