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What's at Stake in the Race Debate?
- Source :
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Southern Journal of Philosophy . Sep2022 Supplement S1, Vol. 60, p54-72. 19p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- How can there be so much apparent disagreement about what race is, when there is so much agreement on the facts surrounding race? In this paper, I develop this puzzle and consider several interpretations of work in the philosophy of race to try to answer it, several ways of understanding what the metaphysics of race is doing. I consider and reject the possibility that apparent disagreement is metaphysically substantive, and I also consider and reject the view that apparent disagreement primarily reflects semantic disagreements. Instead, I suggest that apparent first‐order disagreement over the existence and character of race is a part of a broader, metalinguistic negotiation or conversation about how racial terms can or ought to be used, and I note a range of considerations—including semantic, pragmatic, epistemic, and ethical—that properly play a role in this discussion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *RACE
*INTERPRETATION (Philosophy)
*VIRTUE epistemology
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00384283
- Volume :
- 60
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Southern Journal of Philosophy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 159814271
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/sjp.12480