Jackson, Jr., John P. (2016) Cross-cultural Research, Evolutionary Psychology, and Racialism: Problems and Prospects. Philosophy and Theory in Biology, 8. ISSN 1949-0739
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Abstract
Philosophers defending evolutionary/cognitive accounts of racialism argue that cross-cultural psychological research has discovered similar patterns of racial reasoning around the globe. Such research, they hold, simultaneously supports the existence of an underlying cognitive mechanism for essentialist thinking while undercutting social constructionist accounts of racialism. I argue that they are mistaken for two reasons. First, evolutionary/cognitive researchers are unfamiliar with constructionist accounts of global racialism which explain similarities and differences in racialism. Second, evolutionary/cognitive accounts that make cross-cultural claims shoulder probative obligations for showing the independence of the cultures being compared, and these obligations have not been met. I argue that further evolutionary/cognitive research on racialism must account for constructionist models of global racialism while meeting the argumentative obligations of cross-cultural research.
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| Keywords: | Anthropology Cross-cultural Research Evolutionary Psychology Racialism Research Groups | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Anthropology Specific Sciences > Psychology > Evolutionary Psychology |
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| Depositing User: | Nora Boyd | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 11 May 2016 22:18 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 11 May 2016 22:18 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 12091 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Philosophy and Theory in Biology | ||||||
| Publisher: | Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library | ||||||
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/ptb.6959004.0008.002 | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.3998/ptb.6959004.0008.002 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Anthropology Specific Sciences > Psychology > Evolutionary Psychology |
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| Date: | 2 March 2016 | ||||||
| Volume: | 8 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1949-0739 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12091 |
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