Measurement, Race, and Anti-Realism
Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Published online on January 31, 2026
Abstract
Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Volume 56, Issue 2, Page 134-154, March 2026.
Measurement of racial populations is commonplace in many social sciences, and metaphysical accounts for the reality of race implicitly assume race is real because measurements of racial populations are successful, and therefore are best explained by a ...
Measurement of racial populations is commonplace in many social sciences, and metaphysical accounts for the reality of race implicitly assume race is real because measurements of racial populations are successful, and therefore are best explained by a ...