{"product_id":"genes-just-how-important-are-they-von-terence-sullivan","title":"Genes - Just How Important Are They?","description":"\u003cp\u003eInhaltlich unveränderte Neuauflage. Amongst the general population it is widely held that it is possible to say how much of a characteristic is due to nature and how much is due to nurture. The thought in the background here is that some causes are more important than others. However, there is a longstanding consensus within biology that such talk is in fact meaningless. So what is going on here? One answer is that talk of causal importance should be understood in non-causal terms. I consider three possibilities of how this might be done. The second answer is that despite the consensus it is possible to weigh causes. I explore five attempts utilizing the notions of information, limit setting, causal depth (both as necessity and priority), and invariance and insensitivity. Ultimately none of these attempts succeed. However, I argue that it is possible to answer a similar but separate question, namely, how much difference genes\/the environment make to a characteristic. The account offered is the first book-length philosophical treatment of whether it is possible to weigh the causes of development and it will be of interest to philosophers of biology and philosophers more generally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783639435023\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWeighing the Causal Importance of Genes and Environment in Development\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783639435023","offer_id":39489756069981,"sku":"9783639435023","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/3c978b34-7006-4d4c-aaca-84e18624436c.jpg?v=1757911350","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/genes-just-how-important-are-they-von-terence-sullivan","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}