The Particular Case of Genetic Reductionism
Genetic reductionists pick a particular level of scientific
explanation, that of the functioning of genes, and downplay the claims of
higher-level descriptions.
This is a vastly tempting reduction, because we understand, in
principle at least, a great deal about genes and how they function. We
understand far less about organisms, how they grow and develop, what determines
their behaviour.
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Christopher Southgate
Source: God, Humanity and the
Cosmos (<!g>T&T Clark, 1999)
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