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    Supports→Causally interacting mental events must be token-identical with physical events.

    Mental properties are not suitable for inclusion in strict laws (the anomalism principle).

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    The structure of Davidson’s derivation of the token-identity of causally interacting mental events with physical events appears to be straightforward: causally interacting mental events (the interaction principle) must instantiate some strict law property (the cause-law principle) but mental properties are not suitable for inclusion in strict laws (the anomalism principle). So mental events must instantiate some other property, which is suitable for such inclusion. Given Davidson’s invocation of

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