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Genes, Determinism and God
Dr Denis Alexander
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Description for Genes, Determinism and God
hardcover. How does genetic variation impact on behavioural differences and how does this relate to free will and personal identity? Denis Alexander examines these questions. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: HRLB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Over the past centuries the pendulum has constantly swung between an emphasis on the role of either nature or nurture in shaping human destiny, a pendulum often energised by ideological considerations. In recent decades the flourishing of developmental biology, genomics, epigenetics and our increased understanding of neuronal plasticity have all helped to subvert such dichotomous notions. Nevertheless, the media still report the discovery of a gene 'for' this or that behaviour, and the field of behavioural genetics continues to extend its reach into the social sciences, reporting the heritability of such human traits as religiosity and political affiliation. There are ... Read more
Over the past centuries the pendulum has constantly swung between an emphasis on the role of either nature or nurture in shaping human destiny, a pendulum often energised by ideological considerations. In recent decades the flourishing of developmental biology, genomics, epigenetics and our increased understanding of neuronal plasticity have all helped to subvert such dichotomous notions. Nevertheless, the media still report the discovery of a gene 'for' this or that behaviour, and the field of behavioural genetics continues to extend its reach into the social sciences, reporting the heritability of such human traits as religiosity and political affiliation. There are ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107141148
SKU
V9781107141148
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About Dr Denis Alexander
Denis Alexander is Founding Director (Emeritus) of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion at St Edmunds College, Cambridge, where he is an Emeritus Fellow. He previously spent fifteen years in the Middle East where he helped to establish the National Unit of Human Genetics at the American University Hospital in Beirut. More recently he has been involved in immunology, ... Read more
Reviews for Genes, Determinism and God
'Overall, Genes, Determinism and God is worth reading not just for the detail it provides on developments in genetics, but also for its thought-provoking pointers. Denis Alexander has achieved considerably more than his goal at the start of removing barriers to religious belief based on incorrect views of genetic determinism.' Celia Deane-Drummond, The Times Literary Supplement 'The genetic book of ... Read more