Making Sense of Heritability
Neven Sesardic defends the view that it is both possible and useful to measure the separate contributions of heredity and environment to the explanation of human psychological differences. He critically examines the viewvery widely accepted by scientists, social scientists and philosophers of sciencethat heritability estimates have no causal implications and are devoid of any interest and subjects the arguments to close philosophical scrutiny. His conclusion is that anti-heritability arguments are based on conceptual confusions and misunderstandings of behavioral genetics.
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Making Sense of Heritability
Neven Sesardic defends the view that it is both possible and useful to measure the separate contributions of heredity and environment to the explanation of human psychological differences. He critically examines the viewvery widely accepted by scientists, social scientists and philosophers of sciencethat heritability estimates have no causal implications and are devoid of any interest and subjects the arguments to close philosophical scrutiny. His conclusion is that anti-heritability arguments are based on conceptual confusions and misunderstandings of behavioral genetics.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780521173339 |
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Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Publication date: | 10/27/2011 |
Series: | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology |
Edition description: | Reissue |
Pages: | 282 |
Product dimensions: | 5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.63(d) |
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