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Beyond versus : the struggle to understand the interaction of nature and nurture / James Tabery.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tabery, James, 1978- author.
- Series:
- Life and Mind : Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology
- Life and mind: philosophical issues in biology and psychology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nature and nurture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (295 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Why the "nature versus nurture" debate persists despite widespread recognition that human traits arise from the interaction of nature and nurture.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; I The Interaction Debates; 2 The Origin(s) of Interaction: Interaction in the Eugenics Controversy; 3 Race, Genetics, and IQ: Interaction in the IQ Controversy; 4 Its Rise, Its Fall, Its Rise? Interaction in the Twenty-First Century; II Bridging the Explanatory Divide; 5 Population Thinking about Mechanisms: An Integrative Relationship; 6 The Interaction of Nature and Nurture: An Integrated Concept; III Genetic Testing for Interaction; 7 Disarming the "Genetic Predisposition to Violence": The Dangers of Mischaracterizing Interaction
- 8 Of Dogs, Daycare, and Discipline: A "Genetic Guide to Parenting"?Notes; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-32415-6
- 0-262-32414-8
- OCLC:
- 880390836
- Publisher Number:
- 40023903235
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