Marko Jurjako
@mjurjako.bsky.social
Research Associate Professor, University of Rijeka
Editor-in-Chief European Journal of Analytic Philosophy: https://eujap.uniri.hr/
President of the Croatian Society for Analytic Philosophy
Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Cambridge
Editor-in-Chief European Journal of Analytic Philosophy: https://eujap.uniri.hr/
President of the Croatian Society for Analytic Philosophy
Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Cambridge
Yeah, it doesn’t really seem like a counterexample. The disputed view sees diseases as (localized) disruptions in normal causal chains in the brain, while your view frames diseases as chains of dysfunctions. It’s almost like they’re mirror images of each other, though.
June 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Yeah, it doesn’t really seem like a counterexample. The disputed view sees diseases as (localized) disruptions in normal causal chains in the brain, while your view frames diseases as chains of dysfunctions. It’s almost like they’re mirror images of each other, though.
I just stumbled upon this article and its section titled "2. Brain disorders can’t be understood like a broken chain of dominoes." It immediately made me wonder whether this view provides a brain-based counterexample to your general domino theory of disease! :) nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/neu...
A Neuroscientist’s Bold Proposal for Solving Brain Disorders
Author Nicole Rust shares 5 key insights from her new book, Elusive Cures: Why Neuroscience Hasn’t Solved Brain Disorders―and How We Can Change That.
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June 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I just stumbled upon this article and its section titled "2. Brain disorders can’t be understood like a broken chain of dominoes." It immediately made me wonder whether this view provides a brain-based counterexample to your general domino theory of disease! :) nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/neu...