thedegreetowhichcausationis notusedin thebiomedicalsciences,and I amreasonablysurethatwewillprogressmorerapidlyifweovercomeourHumeanphobiathatcausationmay not bereal.Iwilladmitthatthereissomemathematicshere(mostlya newvariantofalgebra),but Icontendthatit issimple,andlikemostusefulmathematics,givesbackmorein...
movingdebatesaboutgeneticdeterminisminnewdirections peter.taylor@umb.edu Science,Technology&Values UMassBoston Ask:Whatcanwedo? (inlightofwhatscientistsareclaimingaboutgeneticsandenvironmentinthedevelopmentofindividuallives) Caspi,A.,etal.(2002) "RoleofGenotypeintheCycleofViolenceinMaltreatedChildren." ...