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    It is not the case that Boorse's biostatistical theory grounds disease concepts in species-typical functioning, providing an objective, non-stipulative standard independent of evaluative intuitions.

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    • 1.Defining species-typical functioning requires prior stipulations about which traits, timeframes, and statistical distributions count as 'normal.'
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    • 2.Many conditions (myopia, menopause, infertility) deviate from statistical norms but lack clear evolutionary dysfunction or may be individually adaptive.
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    • 3.Clinical judgments about harm, suffering, and treatment necessity inherently involve values that biostatistical theory cannot eliminate but merely obscures.
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    • 1.Species-typical functioning is empirically measurable via comparative anatomy and physiology, avoiding reliance on subjective value judgments.
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    • 2.Objective disease criteria prevent medicalization of normal variation and protect against using diagnosis as a tool for social control.
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    • 3.Evolutionary adaptedness provides a principled basis for distinguishing pathology from mere difference across diverse organisms and populations.
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