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Problems with using stability, specificity, and proportionality as criteria for evaluating strength of scientific causal explanations: commentary on Lynch et al. (2019) by Oftedal, Gry

“…Lynch et al. (Biol Philos 34:62, 2019 ) employ stability, specificity, and proportionality as criteria for evaluating microbiome causal explanations. Although…”
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The Role of “Missile” and “Targeting” Metaphors in Nanomedicine by Gry Oftedal

“…In this paper I suggest that the “missile” and the “targeting” metaphors in research on nanoparticle-based drug delivery play different roles. I argue that the…”
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Trolley Dilemmas Fail to Predict Ethical Judgment in a Hypothetical Vaccination Context by Dahl, Fredrik Andreas, Oftedal, Gry

“…We investigated whether the responses of 68 ethics committee members and staff to trolley dilemmas could predict their responses to research ethics problems…”
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Do we need empirical research on the use of trolley dilemmas in applied ethics? Reply to commentary by Heidi Matisonn by Oftedal, Gry, Ravn, Ingrid H., Dahl, Fredrik A.

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No Correlation Between Ethical Judgment in Trolley Dilemmas and Vaccine Scenarios for Nurse Specialist Students by Oftedal, Gry, Ravn, Ingrid H., Dahl, Fredrik A.

“…We tested whether responses to trolley problems by nurse specialist students correlated with their responses to hypothetical vaccine problems, as a follow-up…”
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Proportionality of single nucleotide causation by Oftedal, Gry

“…Assessing the proportionality of causal relationships help us pick out the most relevant causes of an effect. In this paper, I nuance and apply the concept of…”
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The Role of “Missile” and “Targeting” Metaphors in Nanomedicine by Gry Oftedal

“…In this paper I suggest that the “missile” and the “targeting” metaphors in research on nanoparticle-based drug delivery play different roles. I argue that the…”
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The role of philosophy of science in Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI): the case of nanomedicine by Oftedal, Gry

“…Research on ethical, legal and social aspects (ELSA) of life sciences and new technologies has mainly been focused on impacts and consequences, while the…”
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Functional Stability and Systems Level Causation by Strand, Anders, Oftedal, Gry

“…A wide range of gene knockout experiments shows that functional stability is an important feature of biological systems. On this backdrop, we present an…”
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Heritability and Genetic Causation by Oftedal, Gry

“…The method in human genetics of ascribing causal responsibility to genotype by the use of heritability estimates has been heavily criticized over the years. It…”
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Kurering, heling og habilitering by Friedman, Yael, Watzl, Sebastian, Oftedal, Gry, Gørbitz, Carl Henrik

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Synthetic biology and genetic causation by Oftedal, Gry, Parkkinen, Veli-Pekka

“…•We discuss the importance attributed to genetic causes in synthetic biology.•We distinguish three concepts of genetic material differing in the emphasis on…”
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NEVEN SESARDIC Making Sense of Heritability by Oftedal, Gry

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Making Sense of Heritability by Oftedal, Gry

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NEVEN SESARDICMaking Sense of Heritability by Oftedal, Gry

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Darwinian Populations and Natural Selection by Oftedal, Gry

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