DiMarco, Marina and Watkins, Aja (2025) Measuring and Conceptualizing Sex. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

Scientists measure sex in many ways. Scholars disagree about how to characterize these measurements in relation to each other and to the concept of sex. We draw from the philosophy of measurement to propose a taxonomy of metrological commitments that may undergird these arguments. We anticipate and endorse a future for sex research that explicitly acknowledges the iterative, reciprocal relationship between concepts and measurements and the possibility for different sex concepts being retained, precisified, or eliminated from different measurement contexts. The possibility of such change motivates further attention and intervention by philosophers of science and scientists alike.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID DiMarco, Marina m.dimarco@wustl.edu 0000-0002-6335-6261 Watkins, Aja aja.watkins@wisc.edu 0000-0003-0171-8738
Keywords:	sex, measurement
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology General Issues > Feminist Approaches Specific Sciences > Medicine General Issues > Values In Science
Depositing User:	Dr. Marina DiMarco
Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2025 14:09
Last Modified:	22 Nov 2025 14:09
Item ID:	27273
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology General Issues > Feminist Approaches Specific Sciences > Medicine General Issues > Values In Science
Date:	2025
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/27273

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