Full Idea
We try to cause other things to occur by causing mental events to occur.
Gist of Idea
We try to cause other things to occur by causing mental events to occur
Source
John Perry (Knowledge, Possibility and Consciousness [2001], §2.4)
Book Reference
Perry,John: 'Knowledge, Possibility and Consciousness' [MIT 2001], p.38
A Reaction
A small and obvious, but important, point. Mental causation isn't just thoughts leading to physical happenings. Here Perry means that events can be designed to cause thoughts, such as a threatening letter. Not much room for epiphenomenalism here.