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Neurogenetic determinism is a theological doctrine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 1999

Walter J. Freeman
Walter J. Freeman
Affiliation:
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3200 [email protected]
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Abstract

In “Lifelines” Steven Rose constructs a case against neurogenetic determinism based on experimental data from biology and in favor of a significant degree of self determination. Two philosophical errors in the case favoring neurogenetic determinism are illustrated by Rose: category mistakes and an excessively narrow view of causality restricted to the linear form.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 5 , October 1999 , pp. 893 - 894
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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