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020 _a9781107141148 (hardback : alk. paper)
020 _a9781316506387 (paperback : alk. paper)
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100 1 _aAlexander, Denis,
_eauthor.
_919871
245 1 0 _aGenes, determinism, and God /
_cDenis Alexander.
260 _aNew York, NY, USA :
_bCambridge University Press,
_cc2017
263 _a1705
300 _aviii, 385 pages :
_c23 cm
_billustrations
500 _a"Amplified version of the Gifford lectures given at the University of St. Andrews in December 2012"--Preface.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aHuman 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.
650 1 2 _aGenetic Determinism
650 2 2 _aGenetic Variation
650 2 2 _aReligious Philosophies
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