I need examples on the various types of determinism and I will need more light to be thrown on the issue of race and gender
I think you need a geneticist here. Clearly they must have mathematical numbers outling the probability of certain genetic outcomes. I have only studied older history, so i can't help you further. My historical studies ended at the hardy-weinberg principle
Dear Justina,
Take a look at the following link.
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Examples_please_of_biological_determinism2
With my best regards
Prof. Bachir ACHOUR
There are different examples of this in social science literature which address questions about biological determinism in different disciplines. For example see these articles in a special issue on biological determinism fro Annals of Political and Social Science:
Graves, Joseph L. "Great Is Their Sin Biological Determinism in the Age of Genomics." The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 661, no. 1 (2015): 24-50.
Byrd, W. Carson, and Matthew W. Hughey. "Biological Determinism and Racial Essentialism The Ideological Double Helix of Racial Inequality." The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 661, no. 1 (2015): 8-22.
For an example in criminology see
http://search.proquest.com/openview/cba1b49267407a6cc9efb25bf14d5411/1?pq-origsite=gscholar
Moffitt, Terrie E., and Amber Beckley. "Abandon twin research? Embrace epigenetic research? Premature advice for criminologists." Criminology 53, no. 1 (2015): 121-126.
http://ccj.sagepub.com/content/32/1/7.short
This is an important issue in criminology because explanations of crime can be perceived as including racially biased assumptions through the use of biologically deterministic arguments.
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