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Categorization in Cognitive Science, H. Cohen , C. Lefebvre (Ed.) (2004)

Why do we Think Racially? A Critical Journey in Culture and Evolution

Edouard Machery, Luc Faucher

(2004)

Many contemporary theories of racial categorization are encompassed by two research traditions — social constructionism and the cognitive cum evolutionary approach. Although both literatures have plausibly some empirical evidence and some theoretical insights to contribute to a full understanding of racial categorization, there has been little contact between their proponents. In order to foster such contacts, we review critically both traditions, focusing particularly on the recent evolutionary/cognitive explanations of racial categorization. On the basis of this critical survey, we put forward a list of eleven requirements that a satisfactory theory of racial categorization should satisfy. We conclude that despite some decisive progresses, we are still far from having in hand a complete, satisfactory theory of why humans classify people on the basis of skin color, body appearance or hair style.

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Sciences cognitives Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Philosophie Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Anthropologie sociale et ethnologie Sciences de l'Homme et Société

Mots-clés : Race – ethnie – evolution – social construction – cultural evolution – evolutionary psychology

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