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Título del libro: The Latinx Philosophy Reader
Título del capítulo: Open Questions in the Metaphysics of Habitable Categories

Autores UNAM:
AXEL ARTURO BARCELO ASPEITIA;
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Año de publicación:
2025
Palabras clave:

'current; Broader Approach; Common sense; Historical account; Interstitials; Roadmap; Social categories


Resumen:

This text offers a general roadmap for navigating most current debates in the metaphysics of social categories regarding what sort of fact it is for a person to inhabit one social category or another?for example, what makes a person Mexican, or gay, or rich. With this goal in mind, Barceló identifies three broad approaches: common sense theories, socio-historical accounts, and performative theories. He characterizes their main differences, identifying the main challenges and achievements of each. He argues that for persons well integrated into their categories, the differences between these three broad camps are minuscule, yet become crucial when we try to account for people not so well integrated. He then sketches a pluralist proposal that reconciles the three camps, while doing justice to the challenges presented by interstitial phenomena such as mestizaje, transition, passing, migration, and so on. © 2025 selection and editorial matter, Lori Gallegos, Manuel Vargas, and Francisco Gallegos; individual chapters, the contributors.


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