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Bezig met laden... De DNA-doctrine biologie als ideologiedoor Richard C. Lewontin
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Professor Lewontin's book counters the deterministic arguments of some well-known geneticists who would have us believe that all differences between human beings, social as well as physical and mental, are due to variations in our DNA, maybe modified to an extent by different environments. He points out the circular nature of the arguments used to support some of their unprovable statements and the straightfowardly unscientific nature of others. In particular, he rejects the claim of sociobiology that it provides a scientific explanation of the current state of human society. This is not alwys an easy book to follow, but it is essential reading in particular for those who are dubious about the "scientific" nature of DNA analysis and what it can tell us about human beings, whether individually or in society. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de uitgeversreeks(en)CBC Massey Lectures (1990)
A short but powerful book, the latest in the continuing debate between the genetic reductionists (such as Richard Dawkins, John Maynard Smith and E.O. Wilson) and those who argue for a rather more complex relationship between genes and the environment (such as Stephen Jay Gould, Steven Rose and Niles Eldredge). Lewontin is a forceful writer and this is an effective statement (largely because it is so short) of the case against the selfish gene. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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