Northcott, Robert (2012) Genetic traits and causal explanation. Philosophy of Behavioral Biology. pp. 65-82.
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I use a contrastive theory of causal explanation to analyze the notion of a genetic trait. The resulting definition is relational, an implication of which is that no trait is genetic always and everywhere. Rather, every trait may be either genetic or non-genetic, depending on explanatory context. I also outline some other advantages of connecting the debate to the wider causation literature, including how that yields us an account of the distinction between genetic traits and genetic dispositions.
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| Keywords: | genes; genetic traits; genetic dispositions; environment; causal explanation | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology > Developmental Biology Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory |
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| Depositing User: | Dr Robert Northcott | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 29 Nov 2018 17:08 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 29 Nov 2018 17:08 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 15395 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Philosophy of Behavioral Biology | ||||||
| Publisher: | Springer: Boston Studies in Philosophy of Science | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology > Developmental Biology Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory |
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| Date: | 2012 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 65-82 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/15395 |
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