by David Miguel Gray
Take a deep dive into the metaphysical meaning of race.
SERIES
Racial Ontology
MEET YOUR LECTURER
David Miguel Gray
Professor Gray joined the department in 2017. He is also an affiliate faculty member of the Institute for Intelligent Systems. He received his PhD and MA from Harvard University and his BA from Columbia University. Gray’s areas of specialization include Philosophy of Race and Racism, Philosophy of Psychology, African American Philosophy and Philosophy of Mind.
Episodes
EPISODE ONE
Introduction
In the first of this four-part Wireless Philosophy series, “Racial Ontology: A Guide for the Perplexed,” David Miguel Gray (Colgate University) introduces general problems philosophers face when they ask the question “What kind of thing is Race?”. In particular, what fields of inquiry should study race, if there can be racial ‘experts’, and what an account of race should look like if it is to capture the issues we care about.
EPISODE TWO
Naturalist Theories of Race
In the second of a four-part series, “Racial Ontology: A Guide for the Perplexed,” David Miguel Gray (Colgate University) introduces naturalist theories of race. Naturalist theories place questions of race in the domain of biology and appeal to physical properties to define what races are. Problems for developing naturalist theories are discussed as well as some solutions.
EPISODE THREE A
Sociohistorical Theories of Race
In this Wireless Philosophy video, David Miguel Gray (Colgate University) introduces sociohistorical theories of race. Gray introduces socially constructed categories and what it means to think about categories in this way. This is part 3a of our four-part series, “Racial Ontology: A Guide for the Perplexed.”
EPISODE THREE B
Sociohistorical Theories of Race
This is part 3b of our four-part series, “Racial Ontology: A Guide for the Perplexed.” In this Wireless Philosophy video, David Miguel Gray (Colgate University) introduces sociohistorical theories of race. Gray introduces socially constructed categories and what it means to think about categories in this way.
