DiscoverA Million Little GodsBook 2 - Episode 6: "What the What?"
Book 2 - Episode 6: "What the What?"

Book 2 - Episode 6: "What the What?"

Update: 2019-02-04
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When people talk about things as social constructs, should we understand that as derision or dismissal? Do socially constructed human kinds, like races, get realer over time, the more those who supposedly fit a construct begin to behave as if they naturally fit it?

We ask Professor of Philosophy and Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology Ron Mallon of Washington University in St. Louis these questions and more.



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Book 2 - Episode 6: "What the What?"

Book 2 - Episode 6: "What the What?"

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