Introduction
Introduction
This chapter proposes that the apparent insolubility of the problem of mental causation stems, in part, from the fact that the debate has not always been framed with sufficient ontological precision and that basing it in a plausible ontological framework will constitute a significant step towards its resolution. It is suggested that the ontological issues that are of relevance to the mental causation debate fall into three interrelated groups. The first concerns the nature of the causal relata. The second concerns the nature of a property. The third concerns the nature of the causal relation.
Keywords: mental causation, ontology, causal relata, property, causal relation
Oxford Scholarship Online requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books within the service. Public users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter.
Please, subscribe or login to access full text content.
If you think you should have access to this title, please contact your librarian.
To troubleshoot, please check our FAQs , and if you can't find the answer there, please contact us .
