In this paper I argue that the extent to which a human trait is genetically caused can causally depend upon whether the trait is categorized within human genetics as genetically caused. This makes the kind genetically caused trait an interactive kind. I demonstrate that this thesis is both conceptually coherent and empirically plausible. I outline the core rationale of this thesis and demonstrate its conceptual coherence by drawing upon Waters’ (2007) analysis of genetic causation. I add empirical plausibility to the thesis by describing a hypothetical but empirically plausible mechanism by which the fact that obesity is categorized as genetically caused within human genetics increases the extent to which obesity is in fact genetically caused.

在本文中，我认为人类特征在多大程度上是由遗传引起的，在因果关系上取决于该特征是否在人类遗传学中被归类为由遗传引起。这使得遗传性状成为一种互动性状。我证明这篇论文在概念上是连贯的，而且在经验上也是合理的。我概述了本论文的核心原理，并通过利用 Waters (2007) 对遗传因果关系的分析来证明其概念的一致性。我通过描述一种假设的但在经验上合理的机制，为论文增添了经验上的合理性，通过该机制，肥胖被归类为人类遗传学中的遗传引起的事实增加了肥胖实际上是由遗传引起的程度。