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Genes, determinism, and God / Denis Alexander.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alexander, Denis (Denis Raven), 1945- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Genomics.
- Genetic Determinism.
- Genetic Variation.
- Religious Philosophies.
- Medical Subjects:
- Genetic Determinism.
- Genetic Variation.
- Religious Philosophies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 385 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2017]
- Contents:
- Human personhood fragmented : nature-nurture discourse from antiquity to Galton
- Reifying the fragments : nature-nurture discourse from Galton to the twenty-first century
- The impact of the new genetics : how contemporary biology is changing the landscape of ideas
- Reshaping the matrix : integrating the human in contemporary biology
- Is the worm determined : gene variation and behaviour in animals
- Prisoners of the genes : understanding quantitative behavioural genetics
- Behavioural molecules : understanding molecular behavioural genetics
- Mensa, mediocrity or meritocracy : the genetics of intelligence, religion, and politics
- Gay genes : genetics and sexual orientation
- Not may fault : the use of genetics in the legal system
- Causality, emergence, and freedom : tackling some tough philosophical questions
- Made in the image of God : a conversation between genetics and theology.
- Notes:
- "Amplified version of the Gifford lectures given at the University of St. Andrews in December 2012"--Preface.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781316506387
- 9781107141148
- 1107141141
- 131650638X
- OCLC:
- 971615394
- Publisher Number:
- 99973231888
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