College 9 Flashcards
1
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Social construction
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Aspects of soceity exist because people collectively agree on them.
2
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Eliminativism (race)
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The belief that certain concepts or categories do not exist and should be removed from our explanations.
3
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Naturalism (race)
A
The belief taht abstract entities do not exist independently of the names and labels we give them.
-natural kinds: categroies that correspond to objective structural features of the world and feature in law of nature or theories/models.
- nominal kinds: categories created by humans based on practical interests
4
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Realism (race)
A
The idea that some categrories are more than just labels because they have real effects in society.
