Causal explanation beyond the gene: manipulation and causality in epigenetics
<p class="Standard1"><strong>This paper deals with the interrelationship between causal explanation and methodology in a relatively young discipline in biology: epigenetics. Based on cases from molecular and ecological epigenetics, I show that James Woodward’s interventionist a...
Main Author: | Jan Baedke |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of the Basque Country
2012-06-01
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Series: | Theoria |
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Online Access: | http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/view/4073 |
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