Binary Categories, Messy Individuals

Update: 2024-10-03

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Alex Thinius and Rose Trappes on how scientists construct sex as a binary and categorical variable

Read the essay here: www.thebsps.org/short-reads/binary-categories-thinius-trappes/

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Binary Categories, Messy Individuals

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

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Binary Categories, Messy Individuals

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Binary Categories, Messy Individuals