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Mental causation, as a book-category, covers works that ask whether—and if so how—mental states like beliefs, desires, intentions or sensations can bring about physical events and changes in the world. It spans core philosophy of mind debates (the mind–body problem, epiphenomenalism, reductionism, anomalous monism, non‑reductive physicalism, supervenience, multiple realization), accounts of causation (mechanistic, interventionist, counterfactual), and discussions of downward or emergent causation. Books in this category are often interdisciplinary, drawing on neuroscience, psychology, cognitive science and AI to examine empirical constraints on theorizing, and they explore practical implications for free will, moral responsibility, psychotherapy, and the design of intelligent systems. Readers can expect a mix of technical philosophical analysis, empirical findings, and applied reflections on how mental causation affects explanations of human behavior and agency.

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