The reductionism of genopolitics in the context of the relationships between biology and political science

IF 0.5 4区哲学 Q3 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Endeavour Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI:10.1016/j.endeavour.2023.100874

Mateusz Wajzer

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Abstract

The past two decades have seen an increase in the use of theories, data, assumptions and methods of the biological sciences in studying political phenomena. One of the approaches that combine biology with political science is genopolitics. The goal of the study was to analyse the basic ontological, methodological and epistemological assumptions for the reductionism of genopolitics. The results show that genopolitics assumes methodological reductionism but rejects ontological and epistemological reductionism. The key consequences of the findings are the irreducibility of political science to biology and the complementarity of genopolitical explanations and political science explanations based on culturalism. If my findings prove to be correct, they give rise to the formation of a hypothesis regarding the anti-reductionist orientation of the contemporary links between political science and biology. An important step towards confirming or falsifying such a hypothesis will be exploring the reductionism of contemporary biopolitical approaches such as neuropolitics or evolutionary political psychology.

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生物学与政治学关系背景下的基因政治还原论。

在过去的二十年里，越来越多地使用生物科学的理论、数据、假设和方法来研究政治现象。将生物学与政治学相结合的方法之一是基因政治学。本研究的目的是分析基因政治还原论的基本本体论、方法论和认识论假设。结果表明，基因政治学假定方法论还原论，但拒绝本体论和认识论还原论。这些发现的关键后果是政治学与生物学的不可还原性，以及基因政治解释与基于文化主义的政治学解释的互补性。如果我的发现被证明是正确的，那么它们就形成了一个关于当代政治学和生物学之间联系的反还原主义取向的假设。确认或证伪这一假设的一个重要步骤是探索当代生物政治方法的还原论，如神经政治学或进化政治心理学。

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Endeavour 综合性期刊-科学史与科学哲学

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1.10

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16.70%

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49 days

期刊介绍： Endeavour, established in 1942, has, over its long and proud history, developed into one of the leading journals in the history and philosophy of science. Endeavour publishes high-quality articles on a wide array of scientific topics from ancient to modern, across all disciplines. It serves as a critical forum for the interdisciplinary exploration and evaluation of natural knowledge and its development throughout history. Each issue contains lavish color and black-and-white illustrations. This makes Endeavour an ideal destination for history and philosophy of science articles with a strong visual component. Endeavour presents the history and philosophy of science in a clear and accessible manner, ensuring the journal is a valuable tool for historians, philosophers, practicing scientists, and general readers. To enable it to have the broadest coverage possible, Endeavour features four types of articles: -Research articles are concise, fully referenced, and beautifully illustrated with high quality reproductions of the most important source material. -In Vivo articles will illustrate the rich and numerous connections between historical and philosophical scholarship and matters of current public interest, and provide rich, readable explanations of important current events from historical and philosophical perspectives. -Book Reviews and Commentaries provide a picture of the rapidly growing history of science discipline. Written by both established and emerging scholars, our reviews provide a vibrant overview of the latest publications and media in the history and philosophy of science. -Lost and Found Pieces are playful and creative short essays which focus on objects, theories, tools, and methods that have been significant to science but underappreciated by collective memory.