| 期刊全称 | Articulating Intersex: A Crisis at the Intersection of Scientific Facts and Social Ideals | | 影响因子2023 | Natalie Delimata | | 视频video | | | 发行地址 | Describes how an individual’s subjective identity can be hailed out of socially coherent existence at the moment of diagnostic disclosure of atypical sex (intersex).Provides an epistemic framework syn | | 图书封面 |  | | 影响因子 | .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 perspect | | Pindex | Book 2019 |
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