Making Sense of Heritability
Making Sense of Heritability by Neven Sesardic, published by Cambridge University Press on October 13, 2005, is an illustrated work comprising 282 pages. This book presents a critical examination of the widely accepted view that heritability estimates lack causal implications. Sesardic argues for the importance of measuring the contributions of heredity and environment in understanding human psychological differences, offering a philosophical perspective on the topic.
Readers will find a thorough analysis of the debates surrounding heritability and its relevance in fields such as genetics, social science, and anthropology. The author subjects prevalent anti-heritability arguments to rigorous scrutiny, highlighting conceptual confusions that often accompany discussions in behavioral genetics. This edition serves as a resource for those interested in the intersections of science, philosophy, and the social aspects of heredity.
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Neven Sesardic defends the view that it is both possible and useful to measure the separate contributions of heredity and environment to the explanation of human psychological differences. He critically examines the view–very widely accepted by scientists, social scientists and philosophers of science–that heritability estimates have no causal implications and are devoid of any interest and subjects the arguments to close philosophical scrutiny. His conclusion is that anti-heritability arguments are based on conceptual confusions and misunderstandings of behavioral genetics.
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