Ásta
· Professor of PhilosophyDuke University · Philosophy
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I am a philosopher interested in the way in which human thought and practices contribute to the nature of reality. I have written on abstract theoretical questions related to how human conceptual practices may contribute to what the concepts are about and offered a non-realist theory of what makes a property essential to an object. Other theoretical work has explored essence and modality, response-dependence, realism and anti-realism, and naturalism. My current work is on topics at the intersection of theoretical and practical philosophy, especially metaphysics, social philosophy, and feminist theory. There I offer a theory of the construction of social categories (gender, sex, race, disability, etc.) and the role of social construction in oppression.
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