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Interactive constructionism: A more preferable anti-realist approach to the metaphysics of race
South African Journal of Philosophy Pub Date : 2019-04-03 , DOI: 10.1080/02580136.2019.1634503
Shawn Wandile Mavundla 1
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There is a school of thought that holds the view that the concept of race has a biological referent. In other words, they are of the view that race is biologically real. However, there is a general consensus among the academic and scientific community that race being biologically real is false. The main aim of this article is to argue that interactive constructionism is a more preferable anti-realist position than racial eliminativism. In other words, I will present interactive constructionism as a panacea for what ails racial eliminativism. Firstly, I will begin by giving an analysis and then a critique of racial eliminativism, which is a theory that advocates for the entire elimination of all references to race. Particular attention will be paid to Anthony Appiah’s version of racial eliminativism. I will argue that Appiah’s version lacks cogency and is ultimately controversial because he endorses racial identities, the building block for the formation of race that he wants eliminated. Secondly, I will argue that interactive constructionism – a theory that posits that the groups that we call “races” are really racialised groups – is preferable because it not only allows us to talk about and write policies about the groups that we have been calling “races”, but also does not make the mistake of legitimising or laying the foundation for the concept of race.

中文翻译:

互动建构主义:种族形而上学的更可​​取的反现实主义方法

有一种学派认为种族的概念具有生物学上的指称。换句话说,他们认为种族是生物学上真实的。但是,学术界和科学界普遍认为种族是生物学上的真实是错误的。本文的主要目的是论证互动建构主义比种族自我主义更为可取的反现实主义立场。换句话说,我将提出交互式建构主义作为解决种族主义自我主义的灵丹妙药。首先,我将进行分析,然后是对种族自我主义的批判,这是一种提倡完全消除所有关于种族的提倡的理论。将特别关注安东尼·阿皮亚(Anthony Appiah)的种族主义。我将争辩说,阿皮亚的版本缺乏权威,最终会引起争议,因为阿皮亚赞同种族身份,这是他想要消除的种族形成的基础。其次,我认为互动建构主义是一种更可取的理论,该理论认为我们所谓的“种族”是真正的种族群体,因为它不仅使我们能够谈论和编写关于我们一直在称呼“种族”,但也不会犯错种族概念合法化或奠定基础的错误。
更新日期:2019-04-03
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