Dupré, John (2025) Disorder. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 40 (1). pp. 5-16. ISSN 2171-679X
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Abstract
This paper begins with some brief intellectual autobiography, recalling my first engagement with philosophy of biology. The substantive part of the paper then focuses on the plurality of possible classifications central to the theses of scientific disunity and metaphysical disorder developed in my early career. After discussing this in terms of biological classification, and introducing the reasons for thinking of classifications as typically value-laden, I discuss two sets of human classifications bearing on normatively vital questions, those around sex and gender and those involved in the distinctions between human races.
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| Additional Information: | ISSN: 0495-4548 (print) | ||||||
| Keywords: | classification, disunity of science, metaphysical disorder, values, sex, gender, race | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology General Issues > Philosophers of Science General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Values In Science |
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| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email theoria@ehu.es | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jun 2025 12:36 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 06 Jun 2025 12:36 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 25588 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science | ||||||
| Publisher: | Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vasco | ||||||
| Official URL: | https://ojs.ehu.eus/index.php/THEORIA/article/view... | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1387/theoria.27510 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology General Issues > Philosophers of Science General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Values In Science |
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| Date: | 2025 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 5-16 | ||||||
| Volume: | 40 | ||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2171-679X | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/25588 |
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