Researching vs. Reifying Race: The Case of Obesity Research
This paper deals with the reification of the concept of race in biomedical research. It combines philosophical analysis and a quantitative approach to investigate the ways in which the reification fallacy may occur in race research, thereby providing theoretical legitimacy to the misuse of scientifi...
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Associazione Culturale Humana.Mente
2012-09-01
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| author | Koffi N. Maglo Lisa J. Martin |
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| description | This paper deals with the reification of the concept of race in biomedical research. It combines philosophical analysis and a quantitative approach to investigate the ways in which the reification fallacy may occur in race research, thereby providing theoretical legitimacy to the misuse of scientific research. It examines the prevalence of obesity in the US and some African countries as an empirical case to guide a conceptual analysis. The paper suggests that, to avoid the reification of race, researchers need to be more aware of the fact that continental genetic clusters do not necessarily correspond to the genotypic partitions of interest in therapeutic reaction or disease etiology, and need to take seriously the phenotypic variability of breeding populations within continents. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8dbdddf2f6534c59bacc5780aac0f73b2022-12-22T02:13:20ZengAssociazione Culturale Humana.MenteHumana.Mente: Journal of Philosophical Studies1972-12932012-09-01522Researching vs. Reifying Race: The Case of Obesity ResearchKoffi N. Maglo0Lisa J. Martin1Department of Philosophy, University of Cincinnati, USADepartment of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, USAThis paper deals with the reification of the concept of race in biomedical research. It combines philosophical analysis and a quantitative approach to investigate the ways in which the reification fallacy may occur in race research, thereby providing theoretical legitimacy to the misuse of scientific research. It examines the prevalence of obesity in the US and some African countries as an empirical case to guide a conceptual analysis. The paper suggests that, to avoid the reification of race, researchers need to be more aware of the fact that continental genetic clusters do not necessarily correspond to the genotypic partitions of interest in therapeutic reaction or disease etiology, and need to take seriously the phenotypic variability of breeding populations within continents.http://www.humanamente.eu/index.php/HM/article/view/175biomedical researchreification fallacycontinental genetic |
| spellingShingle | Koffi N. Maglo Lisa J. Martin Researching vs. Reifying Race: The Case of Obesity Research Humana.Mente: Journal of Philosophical Studies biomedical research reification fallacy continental genetic |
| title | Researching vs. Reifying Race: The Case of Obesity Research |
| title_full | Researching vs. Reifying Race: The Case of Obesity Research |
| title_fullStr | Researching vs. Reifying Race: The Case of Obesity Research |
| title_full_unstemmed | Researching vs. Reifying Race: The Case of Obesity Research |
| title_short | Researching vs. Reifying Race: The Case of Obesity Research |
| title_sort | researching vs reifying race the case of obesity research |
| topic | biomedical research reification fallacy continental genetic |
| url | http://www.humanamente.eu/index.php/HM/article/view/175 |
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