Genetic Determinism

Zwart, Hub

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-05544-2_208-1

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“…'Genes are not your destiny' became a core promotional metaphor. Social scientists in turn paid renewed attention to a critique of genetic determinism, an issue widely discussed during the Human Genome Project (Zwart, 2016).…”

Section: Background: the Rise Of Epigenetics In Science And Societymentioning

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How to do things with epigenetics: An investigation into the use of metaphors to promote alternative approaches to health and social science, and their implications for interdisciplinary collaboration

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Stelmach

2019

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Epigenetics is a multifaceted field within genetics and genomics which focuses on discovering mechanisms involved in gene expression and regulation. It came to public attention around the turn of the millennium when the human genome began to be deciphered. Initial findings from epigenetics research held the promise of changing how we think about health and illness, evolution and heredity; speculations about how individuals and populations could begin to control such processes through epigenetics were then picked up in the public realm. In this article we concentrate on two normally distant domains within the public sphere: the advertising of alternative health products and services, and the promotion of alternative approaches to social science, especially around how social science deals with the ‘biosocial’. Using insights from social representations theory and methods aligned with metaphor analysis, we investigate the meanings of epigenetics rooted in the use of metaphors and commonplaces that are circulating in current popular parlance and that are used to promote academic theories and ideas as well as tangible products and services. We compare and contrast them and assess their implications for collaborations between natural and social scientists. Our findings reveal some surprising similarities between the metaphors and commonplaces used by advertisers and social scientists, based in large part on the fact that both groups draw on the work of prominent epigeneticists. In both instances some fundamental tenets of mainstream biology are contested, and hopes are created for improving individual or population well-being through the manipulation of epigenetic mechanisms. Both domains share some misunderstandings of epigenetics that might lead to problems with interdisciplinary collaborations between social and natural scientists.

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Section: Background: the Rise Of Epigenetics In Science And Societymentioning

confidence: 99%

How to do things with epigenetics: An investigation into the use of metaphors to promote alternative approaches to health and social science, and their implications for interdisciplinary collaboration

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Stelmach

2019

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An Analysis of the Approaches to the Modality of Marifatullah (knowledge of God) in the Context of Human Psychological, Genetic and Neurobiological Nature

CAN

2023

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Marifetullah kavramı etrafında yapılan tartışmalar, inancın temeli olarak kelâm ilminde önemli bir yer tutar. İlahî mesaj almayanların Tanrı’yı bilmekle yükümlü olup olmadığı noktasında kelâm ekolleri arasında farklı görüşler bulunmaktadır. Bu bağlamda çalışmamızda, insanın biyolojik ve psikolojik doğasının Tanrı’ya olan inanç ve bilgi arayışını nasıl etkileyebileceği üzerinde durulmuştur. İnsan psikolojisi, genetik ve epigenetik temellendirmeden sonra nörobiyolojik argümanlar ile konu ayrıntılı bir şekilde tartışılmıştır. Kelâmcıların, Allah'ın varlığı ve birliği konusunda insanın aklını kullanmasını ve düşünmeyi zorunlu gördükleri belirtilmiştir. Ancak insan aklının psikolojik, genetik ve nörobiyolojik etkenlerle birlikte diğer duyularından bağımsız olmadığı vurgulanmıştır. İnsanın çevresinden biyolojik ve psikolojik yapısıyla etkilendiği göz önüne alındığında, sadece akılla marifetullah'a ulaşmanın zorluğu ortaya konulmuştur. Akıl temelli sorumluluğunun insan doğasına uygun olup olmadığına dikkat çekilmiştir. Bu nedenle nazar ve istidlal (akıl yürütme) konusunda çevresel etkilerin göz önünde bulundurularak ele alınması gerektiği ifade edilmiş, kelâmcıların marifetullah konusundaki görüşlerinin modern bilim ve insan doğası ile uyumlu olup olmadığı ele alınmıştır.

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Genetic Determinism

Cited by 2 publications

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How to do things with epigenetics: An investigation into the use of metaphors to promote alternative approaches to health and social science, and their implications for interdisciplinary collaboration

How to do things with epigenetics: An investigation into the use of metaphors to promote alternative approaches to health and social science, and their implications for interdisciplinary collaboration

An Analysis of the Approaches to the Modality of Marifatullah (knowledge of God) in the Context of Human Psychological, Genetic and Neurobiological Nature

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