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Espousing Interactions And Fielding Reactions: Addressing Laypeople's Beliefs About Genetic Determinism, David S. Moore
Espousing Interactions And Fielding Reactions: Addressing Laypeople's Beliefs About Genetic Determinism, David S. Moore
Pitzer Faculty Publications and Research
Although biologists and philosophers of science generally agree that genes cannot determine the forms of biological and psychological traits, students, journalists, politicians, and other members of the general public nonetheless continue to embrace genetic determinism. This article identifies some of the concerns typically raised by individuals when they first encounter the systems perspective that biologists and philosophers of science now favor over genetic determinism, and uses arguments informed by that perspective to address those concerns. No definitive statements can yet be made about why genetic determinism has proven so resilient in the face of empirical evidence pointing up its deficiencies, …
Review Of Jewish Tradition And The Challenge Of Darwinism, Geoffery Cantor And Marc Swetlitz, Eds., Daniel M. Stoebel
Review Of Jewish Tradition And The Challenge Of Darwinism, Geoffery Cantor And Marc Swetlitz, Eds., Daniel M. Stoebel
All HMC Faculty Publications and Research
This is a book review.
Wooden Politics: Bernhard Fernow And The Quest For A National Forest Policy, 1876-1898, Char Miller
Wooden Politics: Bernhard Fernow And The Quest For A National Forest Policy, 1876-1898, Char Miller
Pomona Faculty Publications and Research
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Rocking The Cradle: Gifford Pinchot And The Birth Of American Forestry, Char Miller
Rocking The Cradle: Gifford Pinchot And The Birth Of American Forestry, Char Miller
Pomona Faculty Publications and Research
The celebration of scientific forestry's centennial in 1992 may be late. It was neither first introduced on George Vanderbilt's Biltmore estate in 1892, nor was its implementation there by Gifford Pinchot an unqualified success.