Partial realization and biological normality

Jefferson’s account of brain dysfunction reinterpreted

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21591950
AutoresFabian Hundertmark (0000-0001-8784-9290, Abteilung Philosophie, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, autor de correspondencia)
Año2024
Volumen37
Número3
Páginas596-605
Fecha de publicación2024-04-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPhilosophical Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0951-5089 • E-ISSN: 1465-394X
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09515089.2023.2217210
OpenAlexW4377822628
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas14

In her book “Are Mental Disorders Brain Disorders?” (2022), Anneli Jefferson proposes that brain processes that always realize mental dysfunctions are brain dysfunctions. This paper explores possible interpretations of two underdeveloped aspects of this thesis. First, it argues that “realization” should be interpreted as partial rather than full realization. Second, it argues that the “always” should only quantify over biologically normal situations. Taken together, these changes can account for the fact that some psychological dysfunctions are partially realized by functional mechanisms, for the existence of psychological dysfunctions due to mismatches rather than brain dysfunctions, and for the fact that brain dysfunctions do not cease to be brain dysfunctions just because they can be compensated

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