什么是社会建设主义关于种族? 回复霍赫曼的一封信
Celso Neto1,2
1Egenis-Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
Biology & philosophy
|September 15, 2025
概括
关于种族的社会构造主义 (SCR) 被重新定义为一种调查实践,而不仅仅是一套信念. 这种观点澄清了为什么SCR仍然是生物种族现实主义的独特替代品,并保留了它的实用性.
科学领域:
- 科学哲学的哲学科学哲学
- 社会认识论社会认识论
- 种族研究 种族研究
背景情况:
- 关于种族的社会构造主义 (SCR) 通常被视为学术界的主导理论.
- 霍赫曼 (2022) 挑战了这种权,在种族构造主义者中提出了多样化,有时是矛盾的观点.
- 霍克曼认为,'关于种族的社会建设主义'这个标签过于包容,并且由于缺乏统一立场,可能是无用的.
研究的目的:
- 通过识别现有分析中缺失的元素,重新构思关于种族 (SCR) 的社会建设主义.
- 将焦点从种族构造主义者声称的东西转移到他们作为调查实践积极做的事情.
- 解释SCR作为生物种族现实主义的替代品的持续相关性,并证明SCR标签的实用性.
主要方法:
- 对关于种族的社会建设主义现有文学作品的分析.
- "调查实践" (Brigandt 2012; Brigandt 和 Love 2012; Neto 2020) 的概念应用于SCR.
- 对SCR索赔与SCR诉讼进行比较分析.
主要成果:
- 承认SCR作为一个调查实践为理解该领域提供了一个新的框架.
- 这种重新概念化解释了为什么SCR作为生物种族现实主义的独特替代品.
- 分析表明",关于种族的社会建设主义"的标签仍然是有用和有信息的.
结论:
- 关于种族的社会构造主义 (SCR) 应该被理解为一种积极的,持续的调查实践.
- 将SCR视为一种实践解决了霍赫曼 (2022) 所强调的模两可,并重申了它的哲学意义.
- SCR的实用性在于其作为一种批判性方法和调查框架的功能,而不是一个单一的学说.
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