tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104678730176687014.post333541049619188312..comments2014-12-12T18:07:42.274-05:00Comments on Seminar in Composition : Prompt 5: Something something articlesAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104678730176687014.post-12928194802978374572014-10-26T19:57:27.251-04:002014-10-26T19:57:27.251-04:00Your first paragraph ignores Lewontin's subtle...Your first paragraph ignores Lewontin's subtleties - his real argument is that nature and nurture can't be understood in isolation, but are always intertwined. That's significantly different than just saying he's on the nurture side of the nature vs. nurture debate. Really, he questions the validity & foundations of the debate itself.<br /><br />One interesting thing about your summary of the article is the presumption that discovering a genetic basis for schizophrenia will legitimate it as a disease (and therebye get research into it more funding, etc.). <br /><br />Your third paragraph switches from using "psychiatry" to "psychology." Those are two very different things, and my best guess is that you are applying commonplace generalizations about psychology to psychiatry. Maybe not - but the switch in terminology *seems* like a serious error.<br /><br />On the other hand, in your conclusion you clearly get that Lewontin wouldn't deny that schizophrenia is a disease even if it has purely social causes. So you certainly get how Lewontin would respond in general to schizophrenia.<br /><br />I guess I'm struggling with what you're trying to accomplish here. What are your thoughts here? How should we feel about schizophrenia being legitimated through some (probably very early and tentative) genetic research? I think you're of the viewpoint that it is *not* wholly or primarily a genetic disease, but also that it might benefit from any legitimation it can get. But what are you trying to prove? What's your response to this set of issues? Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.com