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    It is not the case that Disease outcomes are partly constituted by teleological norms of species-typical function, making purely low-level causal accounts incomplete by design.

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    • 1.Species-typical function is circular: defining disease by deviation from norms, then explaining outcomes by those norms, adds no causal insight.
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    • 2.Causal mechanisms fully account for disease progression; invoking teleology introduces unnecessary conceptual overhead without predictive gain.
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    • 3.Species norms vary within populations and across environments; they're too context-dependent to ground objective disease constitution.
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    • 1.Species-typical functions are real biological features shaped by evolution, not merely observer-imposed categories.
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    • 2.Two organisms with identical molecular mechanisms can have different disease outcomes based on departure from species norms.
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    • 3.Medical diagnosis requires reference to normal functioning; low-level causation alone cannot explain why some states count as pathological.
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