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Interactionism, Post-interactionism, and Causal Complexity: Lessons From the Philosophy of Causation
In biology and philosophy of biology, discussing the notion of interaction leads to an examination of interactionism, which is, broadly speaking, the view that rejects gene-centrism and gene determinism and instead emphasizes the fact that traits of organisms are always the result of genes and envir...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8044824/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33868073 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.590533 |
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author | Ferreira Ruiz, María Umerez, Jon |
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description | In biology and philosophy of biology, discussing the notion of interaction leads to an examination of interactionism, which is, broadly speaking, the view that rejects gene-centrism and gene determinism and instead emphasizes the fact that traits of organisms are always the result of genes and environments. It has long been asserted that the nature-nurture problem requires an interactionist solution of sorts, the so-called interactionist consensus. This consensus, however, has been deemed insufficient and challenged by several authors triggering an extension of the debate among contestants and defenders. Unfortunately, part of the problem is that the views on causation that would ground claims about interactionism are not always made explicit in this debate, which renders those views somewhat complicated to assess. Moreover, it seems to be assumed that causal complexity excludes the possibility of characterizing, distinguishing, or comparing among causal contributions. By turning to a detailed survey of the origin of the debate and to some developments in the philosophy of causation, we will contend that this view is unwarranted, and that much of the debate around interactionism is based on the drawing of this (wrong) conclusion. We also examine implications of this analysis for the project to develop a framework based on the notion of inter-identities. |
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spelling | pubmed-80448242021-04-15 Interactionism, Post-interactionism, and Causal Complexity: Lessons From the Philosophy of Causation Ferreira Ruiz, María Umerez, Jon Front Psychol Psychology In biology and philosophy of biology, discussing the notion of interaction leads to an examination of interactionism, which is, broadly speaking, the view that rejects gene-centrism and gene determinism and instead emphasizes the fact that traits of organisms are always the result of genes and environments. It has long been asserted that the nature-nurture problem requires an interactionist solution of sorts, the so-called interactionist consensus. This consensus, however, has been deemed insufficient and challenged by several authors triggering an extension of the debate among contestants and defenders. Unfortunately, part of the problem is that the views on causation that would ground claims about interactionism are not always made explicit in this debate, which renders those views somewhat complicated to assess. Moreover, it seems to be assumed that causal complexity excludes the possibility of characterizing, distinguishing, or comparing among causal contributions. By turning to a detailed survey of the origin of the debate and to some developments in the philosophy of causation, we will contend that this view is unwarranted, and that much of the debate around interactionism is based on the drawing of this (wrong) conclusion. We also examine implications of this analysis for the project to develop a framework based on the notion of inter-identities. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-03-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8044824/ /pubmed/33868073 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.590533 Text en Copyright © 2021 Ferreira Ruiz and Umerez. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Ferreira Ruiz, María Umerez, Jon Interactionism, Post-interactionism, and Causal Complexity: Lessons From the Philosophy of Causation |
title | Interactionism, Post-interactionism, and Causal Complexity: Lessons From the Philosophy of Causation |
title_full | Interactionism, Post-interactionism, and Causal Complexity: Lessons From the Philosophy of Causation |
title_fullStr | Interactionism, Post-interactionism, and Causal Complexity: Lessons From the Philosophy of Causation |
title_full_unstemmed | Interactionism, Post-interactionism, and Causal Complexity: Lessons From the Philosophy of Causation |
title_short | Interactionism, Post-interactionism, and Causal Complexity: Lessons From the Philosophy of Causation |
title_sort | interactionism, post-interactionism, and causal complexity: lessons from the philosophy of causation |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8044824/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33868073 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.590533 |
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