Causal dispositionalism in behaviour genetics

  1. Cerezo, María
Zeitschrift:
Behavioral and Brain Sciences

ISSN: 0140-525X 1469-1825

Datum der Publikation: 2023

Ausgabe: 46

Seiten: 26-27

Art: Artikel

DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X22002060 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen Access editor

Andere Publikationen in: Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Zusammenfassung

Causal dispositionalism developed in metaphysics of science offers a useful tool to conceptualize shallow causes in behaviour genetics, in a way such that (a) it accounts for complex aetiology and heterogeneity of effects, and (b) genetic causal contribution can be considered to be explanatory. Genes are thus causal powers that make a difference.

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