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    Challenges→The strong interpretation of the medical model does not rule out explanations that cite cognitive processes in brains

    Cognitive dysfunction explanations necessarily invoke norms of rationality and intentionality, which are irreducibly evaluative and thus external to a strictly biological explanatory framework.

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    Biological explanatory framework(what the statement says cannot fully explain cognitive dysfunction)
    An approach to understanding something based only on physical processes in the body and brain, without considering meaning or values.
    Cognitive dysfunction(the main subject being explained in the statement)
    A problem with how someone's mind works—like difficulty thinking, remembering, or making decisions.
    External to(how evaluative norms exist outside a purely biological framework)
    Separate from or outside of; not part of something.
    Irreducibly evaluative(describing the nature of rationality norms and intentionality)
    Cannot be broken down into purely factual or objective statements—it always involves some judgment about what's good, bad, right, or wrong.
    Necessarily invoke

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    (describing the relationship between cognitive dysfunction explanations and norms of rationality)
    Must require or call upon as essential; cannot avoid using.
    Norms of rationality(what cognitive dysfunction explanations rely on)
    Standards or rules for what counts as logical, reasonable thinking—basically, the expectations we have for how a reasonable person should think.
    intentionality(Philosophy of mind and emotion)
    The property of being object-directed; the quality of mental states whereby they are directed at or about something

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