کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1162262 1490551 2007 19 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Is heritability explanatorily useful?
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک (عمومی)
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Is heritability explanatorily useful?
چکیده انگلیسی

The paper addresses the question of whether heritability can be useful in establishing genetics as an explanation for an individual’s display of some trait or behavior. After reviewing the fundamental philosophical challenge to heritability—that heritability is a population level (versus individual level) measure—an argument is presented for rethinking the role heritability occupies in both causal and explanatory claims. It is argued that heritability can be useful for genetically based explanations of individual traits, if (1) the conditions for proper genetic explanation are modestly reconceived, and (2) the measure is seen as an evidential tool which conforms to standard methods for determining causal factors.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences - Volume 38, Issue 1, March 2007, Pages 270–288
نویسندگان
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