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The ascendancy of behavior genetics in the last decade has revived the naturenurture debate: advocates both of the social and environmental approaches in the behavioral sciences and of developmental systems approaches have taken issue with the claims to explanatory self-sufficiency made on behalf of behavior genetics. Drawing on an ongoing comparative study, I want to throw in relief some features of behavior genetics and its rivals that remain obscured by the polemics.
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Longino, H.E. (2002). Behavior as Affliction: Common Frameworks of Behavior Genetics and its Rivals. In: Parker, L.S., Ankeny, R.A. (eds) Mutating Concepts, Evolving Disciplines: Genetics, Medicine, and Society. Philosophy and Medicine, vol 75. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0269-1_9
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