Is there a mind gene?
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Is there a gene or, rather, a set of genes which code for mind? To refine this question further,can all our cognitive processes and states be accounted for mainly or even entirely in genetic terms? Clearly, environmental factors are important, since a person may have a gene for X which is never triggered because the right environmental conditions are not present. The question of whether there is a mind gene therefore can be unpacked in two ways: whether, in principle, (a) there are systematic relationships of some sort between genes and cognition, and (b) it is possible to give an account of cognitive processes and states in genetic as well as environmental terms, given that such systematic relationships can be discovered. The aim of this paper is to propose a set of principles which, when taken together, form a basis for answering both (a) and (b) affirmatively.
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