Metaphysics of Race
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2024
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-24148-9 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-24148-9 (ISBN)
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This Element explores the metaphysics of race, discussing biological racial realism, social constructivism, and racial anti-realism. It discusses the veridity of these concepts, the role of race in scientific explanations, and the virtues and shortcomings of these views. The argument against biological racial realism is presented.
Are races real? Is race a biological or social category? What role, if any, does race play in scientific explanations? This Cambridge Element addresses these and other core questions in the metaphysics of race. It discusses prominent accounts of race such as biological racial realism, social constructivism about race, and racial anti-realism. If anti-realists are right, our societies find themselves in thrall to a concept that is scarcely more veridical than 'witch' or 'werewolf'. Social constructionism grounds race in factors ultimately controlled by human thought and action. Biological racial realists argue that race is too quickly dismissed as biologically meaningful, and that it has a role to play in contemporary life sciences. The Element explores these views and shows their virtues and shortcomings. In particular, it advances an argument against biological racial realism that draws on the metaphysics of naturalness and philosophy of biology and medicine.
Are races real? Is race a biological or social category? What role, if any, does race play in scientific explanations? This Cambridge Element addresses these and other core questions in the metaphysics of race. It discusses prominent accounts of race such as biological racial realism, social constructivism about race, and racial anti-realism. If anti-realists are right, our societies find themselves in thrall to a concept that is scarcely more veridical than 'witch' or 'werewolf'. Social constructionism grounds race in factors ultimately controlled by human thought and action. Biological racial realists argue that race is too quickly dismissed as biologically meaningful, and that it has a role to play in contemporary life sciences. The Element explores these views and shows their virtues and shortcomings. In particular, it advances an argument against biological racial realism that draws on the metaphysics of naturalness and philosophy of biology and medicine.
Introduction; 2. Race and the biology of human difference; 3. Social constructionism about race; 4. Anti-realism about race; Conclusion; References.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.12.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Elements in Metaphysics |
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie |
| Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Humangenetik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-009-24148-6 / 1009241486 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-009-24148-9 / 9781009241489 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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