Genes, determinism, and God /
Alexander, Denis,
Genes, determinism, and God / Denis Alexander. - New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, c2017 - viii, 385 pages : illustrations 23 cm
"Amplified version of the Gifford lectures given at the University of St. Andrews in December 2012"--Preface.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Human personhood fragmented : nature-nurture discourse from antiquity to Galton -- Reifying the fragments : nature-nurture discourse from Galton to the twenty-first century -- The impact of the new genetics : how contemporary biology is changing the landscape of ideas -- Reshaping the matrix : integrating the human in contemporary biology -- Is the worm determined : gene variation and behaviour in animals -- Prisoners of the genes : understanding quantitative behavioural genetics -- Behavioural molecules : understanding molecular behavioural genetics -- Mensa, mediocrity or meritocracy : the genetics of intelligence, religion, and politics -- Gay genes : genetics and sexual orientation -- Not may fault : the use of genetics in the legal system -- Causality, emergence, and freedom : tackling some tough philosophical questions -- Made in the image of God : a conversation between genetics and theology.
9781107141148 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781316506387 (paperback : alk. paper)
2017004969
Genetic Determinism
Genetic Variation
Religious Philosophies
QH447 / .A449 2017
572.8/6
QU 450
Genes, determinism, and God / Denis Alexander. - New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, c2017 - viii, 385 pages : illustrations 23 cm
"Amplified version of the Gifford lectures given at the University of St. Andrews in December 2012"--Preface.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Human personhood fragmented : nature-nurture discourse from antiquity to Galton -- Reifying the fragments : nature-nurture discourse from Galton to the twenty-first century -- The impact of the new genetics : how contemporary biology is changing the landscape of ideas -- Reshaping the matrix : integrating the human in contemporary biology -- Is the worm determined : gene variation and behaviour in animals -- Prisoners of the genes : understanding quantitative behavioural genetics -- Behavioural molecules : understanding molecular behavioural genetics -- Mensa, mediocrity or meritocracy : the genetics of intelligence, religion, and politics -- Gay genes : genetics and sexual orientation -- Not may fault : the use of genetics in the legal system -- Causality, emergence, and freedom : tackling some tough philosophical questions -- Made in the image of God : a conversation between genetics and theology.
9781107141148 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781316506387 (paperback : alk. paper)
2017004969
Genetic Determinism
Genetic Variation
Religious Philosophies
QH447 / .A449 2017
572.8/6
QU 450