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Record Nr.

UNINA9910349542803321

Autore

Delimata Natalie

Titolo

Articulating Intersex: A Crisis at the Intersection of Scientific Facts and Social Ideals / / by Natalie Delimata

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-21898-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVI, 186 p.)

Collana

Philosophy and Medicine, , 0376-7418 ; ; 131

Disciplina

171.7

306.7685

Soggetti

Bioethics

Medical ethics

Human body—Social aspects

Poststructuralism

Intersex Persons - psychology

Philosophy

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Theory of Medicine/Bioethics

Sociology of the Body

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1 - Introduction -- Chapter 2 – Articulating Intersex in a Binary Society -- Chapter 3 – Epistemic Monism -- Chapter 4 – Essentialism and Intersex -- Chapter 5 – Naturalism and Intersex -- Chapter 6 – Emergentism and Intersex -- Chapter 7 – Humean Morals and Intersex -- Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the ethical dilemma clinicians may face when disclosing a diagnosis of atypical sex. The moment of disclosure reveals an epistemic incompatibility between scientific fact and social meaning in relation to sex. Attempting to assess the bio-psychosocial implications of this dilemma highlights a complex historic antagonism between fact and meaning making satisfactory resolution of this dilemma difficult. Drawing on David Hume, WVO Quine and Michel Foucault the author presents an integrative model, which views



scientific fact and social meaning as codetermining threads in one fabric of knowledge. From this epistemic perspective, the ethical dilemma is understood as a tear in the fabric signifying a rupturing of ontological integrity. To mend this tear and resolve the ethical dilemma three metaphysical perspectives are considered: essentialism, naturalism and emergentism. The book’s unique features include: an exploration of the impact of diagnostic disclosure on people with atypical sex (intersex); a synthesis of the epistemic perspectives of social and natural science facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration; a critical evaluation of three metaphysical perspectives on atypical sex (intersex); the application of Hume’s epistemological and moral distinctions to contemporary biomedicine and bioethics. The book’s target audience includes academics, students and professionals whose work intersects the natural and social sciences, and individuals interested in the metaphysics, epistemology and meta-ethics of sex.