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Is heritability explanatorily useful?

Studies in history and philosophy of biological and biomedical sciences - 1 Mar 2007

Pearson Christopher H

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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...

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PMID: 17324818
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2006.12.012

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