title: Unnaturalised racial naturalism.
abstract: Quayshawn Spencer (2014) misunderstands my treatment of racial naturalism. I argued that racial naturalism must entail a strong claim, such as "races are subspecies", if it is to be a substantive position that contrasts with anti-realism about biological race. My recognition that not all race naturalists make such a strong claim is evident throughout the article Spencer reviews (Hochman, 2013a). Spencer seems to agree with me that there are no human subspecies, and he endorses a weaker form of racial naturalism. However, he supports his preferred version of 'racial naturalism' with arguments that are not well described as 'naturalistic'. I argue that Spencer offers us an unnaturalised racial naturalism.
authors.affiliation: School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry, University of Sydney, Quadrangle A14, Sydney, N.S.W. 2006, Australia. Electronic address: adam.hochman83@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hochman
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010684:Philosophy; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Classification; Naturalism; Population genetics; Race; Social constructionism; Subspecies