A realist metaphysics of race : a context-sensitive, short-term retentionist, long-term revisionist approach / Jeremy Pierce.

By: Pierce, Jeremy, 1974- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015]Copyright date: 2015Description: 1 online resource (179 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780739175613Subject(s): Race | Analysis (Philosophy)Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Realist metaphysics of race : a context-sensitive, short-term retentionist, long-term revisionist approach.DDC classification: 305.8 LOC classification: HT1521 | .P534 2015Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Natural kinds and the analogy of species -- Natural kinds and race -- Classic anti-realism -- Glasgow's anti-realism -- Social construction and biological constructionism -- Races and the metaphysics of objects and groups -- Context-sensitive features of racial classification -- The ethics of the metaphysics of race -- Colorblindness, implicit bias, and essentialized categories -- Concluding reflections -- Bibliography.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Natural kinds and the analogy of species -- Natural kinds and race -- Classic anti-realism -- Glasgow's anti-realism -- Social construction and biological constructionism -- Races and the metaphysics of objects and groups -- Context-sensitive features of racial classification -- The ethics of the metaphysics of race -- Colorblindness, implicit bias, and essentialized categories -- Concluding reflections -- Bibliography.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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