Metatheoretical Features of Behavior Genetics and Development

Gottlieb's central thesis in a recent paper is the claim that contemporary scientific understanding of the contributions to development of biology generally and genetics specifically requires the abandonment of metatheoretical assumption of additivity. Overton completely agrees with Gottlieb on...

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Published in:Human development 2003-11, Vol.46 (6), p.356-361
Main Author: Overton, Willis F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Area studies
Behavior Change
Beliefs
Commentary
Development studies
Epistemology
Genetics
Heredity
Human behaviour
Human development
Multivariate Analysis
Organization
Resistance (Psychology)
Scientific Methodology
Social development
Social theory
World Views
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Summary:Gottlieb's central thesis in a recent paper is the claim that contemporary scientific understanding of the contributions to development of biology generally and genetics specifically requires the abandonment of metatheoretical assumption of additivity. Overton completely agrees with Gottlieb on this point as well as those points that are derivative. Overton aims to contextualize the place of additivty as a metatheoretical principle.
ISSN:0018-716X
1423-0054
DOI:10.1159/000073307