Genetics and Reductionism

by Sahotra Sarkar

Book Overview

With the advent of the Human Genome Project there have been many claims for the genetic origins of complex human behavior including insanity, criminality, and intelligence. But what does it really mean to call something 'genetic'? This is the fundamental question that Sahotra Sarkar's book addresses. The author analyses the nature of reductionism in classical and molecular genetics. He shows that there are two radically different kinds of reductionist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521637139
• ISBN13: 9780521637138
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"