The Metaphysics of Social Construction | Attic Philosophy

What are socially constructed entities, metaphysically speaking? What kind of reality do they have – are they purely physical, purely conceptual, or something else entirely? In this video, I discuss why we should care about the metaphysics of social construction, and some of the metaphysical questions surrounding socially constructed entities.

00:00 - Intro
01:08 - What is it?
03:03 - Socially constructed entities
04:27 - Are they purely physical?
07:23 - Are they just conceptual?
08:54 - The bundle theory
11:08 - Two objects in one place?
12:32 - Wrap-up

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More Reading Suggestions:

Ásta, 2018. Categories We Live By, New York: Oxford University Press.
Barnes, E., 2016. The Minority Body: a theory of disability, New York: Oxford University Press.
Robin Dembroff, ‘Real Talk on the Metaphysics of Gender’ in Takaoka and Manne (eds.) Gendered Oppression and its Intersections, an issue of Philosophical Topics 46 (2): 21-50. 2018.
Brian Epstein, 2015, The Ant Trap: Rebuilding the Foundations of the Social Sciences, New York: Oxford University Press.
Griffith, Aaron M., forthcoming. “Social Construction and Grounding,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.
Haslanger, S., 1995. “Ontology and Social Construction,” Philosophical Topics, 23(2): 95–125.
Haslanger, S., 2012. Resisting reality : social construction and social critique, New York: Oxford University Press.
Mills, C., 1998. Blackness Visible: Essays on Philosophy and Race, Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Thomasson, A., 2003. “Realism and Human Kinds,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 67(3): 580–609.

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