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1184Mutants and the Metaphysics of RaceIn Rebecca Housel & J. Jeremy Wisnewski (eds.), X-Men and Philosophy: Astonishing Insight and Uncanny Argument in the Mutant X-Verse, Wiley/blackwell. 2009.
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668Gregory E. Ganssle, ed.: God and time: Four views (review)Faith and Philosophy 20 (4): 504-509. 2003.
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2965Destiny in Harry PotterIn William Irwin & Gregory Bassham (eds.), The Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy: Hogwarts for Muggles, Wiley. 2010.
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1534Glasgow's Race Antirealism: Experimental Philosophy and Thought ExperimentsJournal of Social Philosophy 44 (2): 146-168. 2013.Joshua Glasgow argues against the existence of races. His experimental philosophy asks subjects questions involving racial categorization to discover the ordinary concept of race at work in their judgments. The results show conflicting information about the concept of race, and Glasgow concludes that the ordinary concept of race is inconsistent. I conclude, rather, that Glasgow’s results fit perfectly fine with a social-kind view of races as real social entities. He also presents thought experim…Read more
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912The Golden ManIn D. E. Wittkower (ed.), Philip K. Dick and Philosophy: Do Androids Have Kindred Spirits?, Open Court Pub Co. 2011.
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40There are three main metaphysical positions on race. Anti-realists do not believe there are any races. Natural kind approaches find sub-groups of homo sapiens that have scientific importance and label those groups races, generally taking them to be biological categories. This book argues that anti-realism is false, and the groups natural kind theorists point to, if real, are not the groups we care about in ordinary discussions of race. This book defends, instead, a social kind view, which consid…Read more
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515It Doesn't Matter What We Do: From Metaphysics to Ethics in Lost's Time TravelIn William Irwin & Sharon Kaye (eds.), Ultimate Lost and Philosophy: Think Together, Die Alone, Wiley. 2010.
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