In this book Marion Godman defends the idea of human kinds. She rejects the reductionism characteristic of research about human kinds, arguing that they deserve scientific study because of their role in explaining our identity, culture and social membership.
In this book Marion Godman defends the idea of human kinds. She rejects the reductionism characteristic of research about human kinds, arguing that they deserve scientific study because of their role in explaining our identity, culture and social membership.
Marion Godman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Aarhus University, Denmark and an Affiliated Scholar of the History and Philosophy of Science Department at Cambridge University, UK. She is currently a recipient of a Sapere Aude research leader grant examining what a theory of human kinds (or groups) can tell us about the basis for group rights.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction 2. Human kinds for knowledge and as levers for change 3. Existing approaches to human kinds 4. Historical Kinds 5. Gender as a historical kind: A plea for reclassification 6. What is culture and how is it realized? 7. How historical kinds achieve a moral standing 8. Conclusion: The key contributions of human historical kinds. Bibliography Index
1. Introduction 2. Human kinds for knowledge and as levers for change 3. Existing approaches to human kinds 4. Historical Kinds 5. Gender as a historical kind: A plea for reclassification 6. What is culture and how is it realized? 7. How historical kinds achieve a moral standing 8. Conclusion: The key contributions of human historical kinds. Bibliography Index
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