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Downward causation and vertical pleiotropy.

The Behavioral and brain sciences - 11 Sept 2023

Charney Evan

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In discussing the relationship between genetically influenced differences and educational attainment (EA), Burt employs the concept of downward causation. I note the similarities between Burt's concept of downward causation and the sociogenomics concept of vertical pleiotropy and argue that her discussion of downward causation introduces an unnecessary normative component. The core problem concerns not the...

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PMID: 37694917
DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X22002308

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