THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF HUMAN KINDS

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https://doi.org/10.26512/pl.v11i24.46152

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Analytic Philosophy. Philosophy of Social Sciences. Philosophy of Science. Ontology. Social Construction.

Abstract

The present paper is concerned with the contemporary literature about social construction of human kinds made by analytic philosophers. In the first section I discuss the difference between social construction of idea and of object (human kinds). In the second section I discuss the difference between causal and constitutive modalities for the construction of human kinds. In the third section I examine other taxonomies. In the fourth section I analyze a specific scientific theory using the taxonomies before presented. These taxonomies allow a more complex approaching for social construction, including socially constructed biological kinds and biologically caused social kinds.

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Author Biography

Valdenor Monteiro Brito Júnior, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Doutor em filosofia pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), com a tese "Ontologia Social Não-Mentalista: uma abordagem comportamental biocentrada" (2021). Mestre em Direito pela Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), com a dissertação "Teoria Naturalizada do Direito: um debate metodológico com Brian Leiter e seus críticos" (2017). Meus principais interesses de pesquisa em filosofia são ontologia social, metafísica analítica, filosofia das ciências sociais e filosofia do Direito. Já trabalhei também com filosofia política/moral, filosofia da arte e filosofia da religião.

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Published

2023-06-26

How to Cite

Monteiro Brito Júnior, V. (2023). THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF HUMAN KINDS. PÓLEMOS – Revista De Estudantes De Filosofia Da Universidade De Brasília, 11(24), 157–188. https://doi.org/10.26512/pl.v11i24.46152

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