Making Sense of Heritability

by Neven Sesardić

Book Overview

In this book, 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. In a series of clearly written chapters he...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521173337
• ISBN13: 9780521173339
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"