I criticize some arguments against the causal interpretability of population genetics put forward by Denis Walsh (2007, 2010). In particular, I seek to undermine the contention that population genetics exhibits frame of reference relativity or subjectivity with respect to its formal representations. I also show that classical population genetics does not fall foul of some criteria for causal representation put forward by James Woodward (2003), although those criteria do undermine some causalist stances.
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Arbitrariness and causation in classical population genetics
Gildenhuys, P. (2014 Sept.) "Arbitrariness and causation in classical population genetics." British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 65(3): 429-444.