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Area of Science:

  • Philosophy of Science
  • Race Studies
  • Social Sciences

Background:

  • Philosophies of race grapple with domain, deference, and mismatch problems.
  • The social domain often defers to the natural (biological) domain for explanations of race.
  • Some argue a scientific impasse supports biological race concepts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critically examine the purported scientific impasse regarding biological races.
  • To analyze the philosophical underpinnings of race, considering social and natural domains.
  • To determine the scientific validity of biological explanations for human races.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical analysis of existing arguments on race.
  • Examination of scientific literature concerning the biological basis of race.
  • Evaluation of the concept of an impasse in the natural sciences regarding race.

Main Results:

  • There is a complete lack of scientific support for the existence of human biological races.
  • The purported scientific impasse is a mirage, not a genuine obstacle to understanding race.
  • The absence of biological races has significant implications for social scientific understanding.

Conclusions:

  • The concept of human biological races is scientifically unfounded.
  • Social scientists should acknowledge the lack of biological support when developing race-based ontologies.
  • Rethinking race requires integrating philosophical and scientific perspectives.