Sesardic Neven: Making Sense of Heritability

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In this book, 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 view - very widely accepted by scientists, social scientists and philosophers of science - that heritability estimates have no causal implications and are devoid of any interest. In a series of clearly written chapters he introduces the reader to the problems and subjects the arguments to close philosophical scrutiny. His conclusion is that anti-heritability arguments are based on conceptual confusions and misunderstandings of behavioural genetics. His book is a fresh and compelling intervention in a very contentious debate.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. The nature-nurture debate: a premature burial?; 2. A tangle of interactions: separating genetic and environmental influences; 3. Lost in correlations? Direct and indirect genetic causes; 4. From individuals to groups: genetics and race; 5. Genes and malleability; 6. Science and sensitivity; 7. Conclusions.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2010
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe , Psychologie
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9780521173339
ISBN-10:	0521173337
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Neven, Sesardic Sesardic, Neven
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Sesardic Neven (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.11.2010
Gewicht:	0,462 kg