Neven Sesardic
Biographic Data
| ID | 979856 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Neven Sesardic |
| GIVEN NAMES | Neven |
| FAMILY NAME | Sesardic |
| SIGNATURE | SESARDIC N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lingnan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6641-6525 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Women in Philosophy: Problems with the Discrimination Hypothesis
A number of philosophers attribute the underrepresentation of women in philosophy largely to bias against women or some kind of wrongful discrimination. They cite six sources of evidence to support their contention: (1) gender disparities that increase along the path from undergraduate student to full-time faculty member; (2) anecdotal accounts of discrimination in philosophy; (3) research on gender bias in the evaluation of manuscripts, grants, …
Confusions about race: A new installment
Sudden Infant Death or Murder? A Royal Confusion About Probabilities
In this article I criticize the recommendations of some prominent statisticians about how to estimate and compare probabilities of the repeated sudden infant death and repeated murder. The issue has drawn considerable public attention in connection with several recent court cases in the UK. I try to show that when the three components of the Bayesian inference are carefully analyzed in this context, the advice of the statisticians turns out to be…
Making Sense of Heritability
In this 2005 book, Neven Sesardic defends the view that it is both possible and useful to measure the separate contributions of heredity and environment to the explanation of human psychological differences. He critically examines the view - very widely accepted by scientists, social scientists and philosophers of science - that heritability estimates have no causal implications and are devoid of any interest. In a series of clearly written chapt…
Making sense of heritability: How Not to Think About Behavior Genetics
Evolution of Human Jealousy A Just-So Story or a Just-So Criticism
To operationalize the methodological assessment of evolutionary psychology, three requirements are proposed that, if satisfied, would show that a hypothesis is not a just-so story: (1) theoretical entrenchment (i.e., that the hypothesis under consideration is a consequence of a more fundamental theory that is empirically well-confirmed across a very wide range of phenomena), (2) predictive success (i.e., that the hypothesis generates concrete pre…
Naomi Zack, Philosophy of Science and Race . New York and London: Routledge (2002), 145 pp
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Heritability and Indirect Causation
Genetic differences can lead to phenotypic differences either directly or indirectly (via causing differences in external environments, which then affect phenotype). This possibility of genetic effects being mediated by environmental influences is often used by scientists and philosophers to argue that heritability is not a very helpful causal or explanatory notion. In this paper it is shown that these criticisms are based on serious misconceptio…
Philosophy of Science that Ignores Science: Race, IQ and Heritability
Philosophers of science widely believe that the hereditarian theory about racial differences in IQ is based on methodological mistakes and confusions involving the concept of heritability. I argue that this “received view” is wrong: methodological criticisms popular among philosophers are seriously misconceived, and the discussion in philosophy of science about these matters is largely disconnected from the real, empirically complex issues debate…
Altruism
Heritability and Causality
The critics of “hereditarianism” often claim that any attempt to explain human behavior by invoking genes is confronted with insurmountable methodological difficulties. They reject the idea that heritability estimates could lead to genetic explanations by pointing out that these estimates are strictly valid only for a given population and that they are exposed to the irremovable confounding effects of genotype-environment interaction and genotype…
Heritability and Causality
The critics of “hereditarianism” often claim that any attempt to explain human behavior by invoking genes is confronted with insurmountable methodological difficulties. They reject the idea that heritability estimates could lead to genetic explanations by pointing out that these estimates are strictly valid only for a given population and that they are exposed to the irremovable confounding effects of genotype-environment interaction and genotype…
Naomi Zack, Philosophy of Science and Race . New York and London: Routledge (2002), 145 pp
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Heritability and Causality
The critics of “hereditarianism” often claim that any attempt to explain human behavior by invoking genes is confronted with insurmountable methodological difficulties. They reject the idea that heritability estimates could lead to genetic explanations by pointing out that these estimates are strictly valid only for a given population and that they are exposed to the irremovable confounding effects of genotype-environment interaction and genotype…
Altruism
Philosophy of Science that Ignores Science: Race, IQ and Heritability
Philosophers of science widely believe that the hereditarian theory about racial differences in IQ is based on methodological mistakes and confusions involving the concept of heritability. I argue that this “received view” is wrong: methodological criticisms popular among philosophers are seriously misconceived, and the discussion in philosophy of science about these matters is largely disconnected from the real, empirically complex issues debate…
Evolution of Human Jealousy A Just-So Story or a Just-So Criticism
To operationalize the methodological assessment of evolutionary psychology, three requirements are proposed that, if satisfied, would show that a hypothesis is not a just-so story: (1) theoretical entrenchment (i.e., that the hypothesis under consideration is a consequence of a more fundamental theory that is empirically well-confirmed across a very wide range of phenomena), (2) predictive success (i.e., that the hypothesis generates concrete pre…
Naomi Zack, Philosophy of Science and Race . New York and London: Routledge (2002), 145 pp
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Heritability and Indirect Causation
Genetic differences can lead to phenotypic differences either directly or indirectly (via causing differences in external environments, which then affect phenotype). This possibility of genetic effects being mediated by environmental influences is often used by scientists and philosophers to argue that heritability is not a very helpful causal or explanatory notion. In this paper it is shown that these criticisms are based on serious misconceptio…
Making Sense of Heritability
In this 2005 book, Neven Sesardic defends the view that it is both possible and useful to measure the separate contributions of heredity and environment to the explanation of human psychological differences. He critically examines the view - very widely accepted by scientists, social scientists and philosophers of science - that heritability estimates have no causal implications and are devoid of any interest. In a series of clearly written chapt…
Making sense of heritability: How Not to Think About Behavior Genetics
Sudden Infant Death or Murder? A Royal Confusion About Probabilities
In this article I criticize the recommendations of some prominent statisticians about how to estimate and compare probabilities of the repeated sudden infant death and repeated murder. The issue has drawn considerable public attention in connection with several recent court cases in the UK. I try to show that when the three components of the Bayesian inference are carefully analyzed in this context, the advice of the statisticians turns out to be…
Confusions about race: A new installment
Women in Philosophy: Problems with the Discrimination Hypothesis
A number of philosophers attribute the underrepresentation of women in philosophy largely to bias against women or some kind of wrongful discrimination. They cite six sources of evidence to support their contention: (1) gender disparities that increase along the path from undergraduate student to full-time faculty member; (2) anecdotal accounts of discrimination in philosophy; (3) research on gender bias in the evaluation of manuscripts, grants, …
Epistemology (8 works) · Philosophy (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Race, Genetics, and Society (4 works) · Biology (3 works) · Genetics (3 works) · Heritability (3 works) · Law (3 works)