Davidson's own token identity thesis entails that the same event can be redescribed, so reasons explaining actions under mental descriptions need not cause behavior under physical descriptions.
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Redescribe/redescribed(as a concept in how we talk about events)
To describe the same thing in a different way; for example, describing a person as both 'my friend' and 'the person wearing the red shirt' are two redescriptions of the same person.
Token identity thesis(as a philosophical theory about mind and body)
The idea that every specific mental event (like your decision to raise your arm) is actually the same thing as a specific physical event in your brain—they're just two different ways of describing the exact same occurrence.
reasons(in philosophy of action)
Factors or considerations that motivate or justify a choice or belief.