Kõiv, Riin (2023) Genetically caused trait is an interactive kind. [Preprint]
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In this paper I argue that the extent to which a human trait is genetically caused can causally depend upon whether the trait is categorized within human genetics as genetically caused. This makes the kind genetically caused trait an interactive kind. I demonstrate that this thesis is both conceptually coherent and empirically plausible. I outline the core rationale of this thesis and demonstrate its conceptual coherence by drawing upon Waters’ (2007) analysis of genetic causation. I add empirical plausibility to the thesis by describing a hypothetical but empirically plausible mechanism by which the fact that obesity is categorized as genetically caused within human genetics increases the extent to which obesity is in fact genetically caused.
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| Keywords: | genetic causation; human genetics; actual difference makers; interactive kinds; looping effect | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology > Molecular Biology/Genetics General Issues > Causation General Issues > Science and Society |
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| Depositing User: | Riin Kõiv | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 26 May 2023 19:50 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 26 May 2023 19:50 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 22151 | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1007/s13194-023-00527-8 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology > Molecular Biology/Genetics General Issues > Causation General Issues > Science and Society |
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| Date: | 2023 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/22151 |
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