Across the great divide: pluralism and the hunt for missing heritability

被引:21
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作者
Matthews, Lucas J. [1 ]
Turkheimer, Eric [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA
关键词
Pluralism; Heritability; Genetics; Biology; Mechanism; Prediction; Explanation; GENETICS;
D O I
10.1007/s11229-019-02205-w
中图分类号
N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;
摘要
Genetic explanation of complex human behavior presents an excellent test case for pluralism. Although philosophers agree that successful scientific investigation of behavior is pluralistic, there remains disagreement regarding integration and elimination-is the plurality of approaches here to stay, or merely a waystation on the road to monism? In this paper we introduce an issue taken very seriously by scientists yet mostly ignored by philosophers-the missing heritability problem-and assess its implications for disagreement among pluralists. We argue that the missing heritability problem, which isn't going anywhere any time soon, implies that pluralism in behavior genetics is both practically ineliminative and theoretically non-integrative.
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页码:2297 / 2311
页数:15
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