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. 2019 Jan:42:e8.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X18001012.

Networks, intentionality and multiple realizability: Not enough to block reductionism

Markus I Eronen  1 , Laura F Bringmann  2
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Networks, intentionality and multiple realizability: Not enough to block reductionism

Markus I Eronen et al. Behav Brain Sci. 2019 Jan.

Abstract

Borsboom et al. propose that the network approach blocks reductionism in psychopathology. We argue that the two main arguments, intentionality and multiple realizability of mental disorders, are not sufficient to establish that mental disorders are not brain disorders, and that the specific role of networks in these arguments is unclear.

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  • Reductionism in retreat.
    Borsboom D, Cramer AOJ, Kalis A. Borsboom D, et al. Behav Brain Sci. 2019 Jan;42:e32. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X18002091. Behav Brain Sci. 2019. PMID: 30940245

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