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dc.contributor.authorWheeler, Michaelen_UK
dc.contributor.editorMatthen, Mohanen_UK
dc.contributor.editorStephens, Christopheren_UK
dc.contributor.editorGabbay, Dov Men_UK
dc.contributor.editorThagard, Paulen_UK
dc.contributor.editorWoods, Johnen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-23T23:12:27Z-
dc.date.available2017-06-23T23:12:27Z-
dc.date.issued2007en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/1464-
dc.description.abstractAccording to the received view in biology, genes code for phenotypic traits during development. However, there are reasons to think that the massively distributed character of the causal systems underlying development is in tension with such representational talk about genes. The main contenders from the literature that purport to establish that genes are genuine coding elements in development fail to meet this challenge. An alternative and superior strategy for understanding and justifying coding talk in development turns on the fact that the process of protein synthesis exhibits the interlocking architectural features of arbitrariness and homuncularity. However, this proposal turns out to have the radical implication that it is mRNA, not DNA, that codes. Moreover, for any of the available strategies, including the one recommended here, there is a serious and unresolved issue surrounding the attempt to extend the reach of coding talk from proteins to traits.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.relationWheeler M (2007) Traits, Genes, and Coding. In: Matthen M, Stephens C, Gabbay DM, Thagard P & Woods J (eds.) Philosophy of Biology. Handbook of the Philosophy of Science. Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 369-399. http://www.elsevierdirect.com/product.jsp?isbn=9780444515438; https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-044451543-8/50019-8en_UK
dc.relation.ispartofseriesHandbook of the Philosophy of Scienceen_UK
dc.rightsThe publisher has granted permission for use of this book chapter in this Repository. The chapter was first published in Philosophy of Biology, Handbook of the Philosophy of Science by Elsevier.; This chapter was published in Philosophy of Biology, Handbook of the Philosophy of Science, Michael Wheeler, 'Traits, Genes, and Coding', pp. 369 - 399, Copyright Elsevier 2007.en_UK
dc.subjectgenetic codeen_UK
dc.subjectgenetic informationen_UK
dc.subjectrepresentationen_UK
dc.subjectdevelopmenten_UK
dc.subjectcausal spreaden_UK
dc.subjectarbitrarinessen_UK
dc.subjecthomuncularityen_UK
dc.subjectGenetic codeen_UK
dc.subjectPersonality Genetic aspectsen_UK
dc.subjectPersonality developmenten_UK
dc.subjectNature and nurtureen_UK
dc.subjectBehavior geneticsen_UK
dc.titleTraits, Genes, and Codingen_UK
dc.typePart of book or chapter of booken_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/B978-044451543-8/50019-8en_UK
dc.citation.spage369en_UK
dc.citation.epage399en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.type.statusAM - Accepted Manuscripten_UK
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.elsevierdirect.com/product.jsp?isbn=9780444515438en_UK
dc.author.emailm.w.wheeler@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.citation.btitlePhilosophy of Biologyen_UK
dc.citation.isbn978-0-444-51543-8en_UK
dc.publisher.addressAmsterdamen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationPhilosophyen_UK
dc.identifier.wtid821215en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0003-3638-1215en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2007-12-31en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2009-07-22en_UK
rioxxterms.typeBook chapteren_UK
rioxxterms.versionAMen_UK
local.rioxx.authorWheeler, Michael|0000-0003-3638-1215en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.contributorMatthen, Mohan|en_UK
local.rioxx.contributorStephens, Christopher|en_UK
local.rioxx.contributorGabbay, Dov M|en_UK
local.rioxx.contributorThagard, Paul|en_UK
local.rioxx.contributorWoods, John|en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2009-07-22en_UK
local.rioxx.licencehttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved|2009-07-22|en_UK
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