From 9dfa9f50bbf89f1911313023a3bc4bde3510c6fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake" Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2018 09:54:58 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] a paragraph for "The Categories ..." --- ...tegories-were-made-for-man-in-order-to-make-predictions.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/content/drafts/the-categories-were-made-for-man-in-order-to-make-predictions.md b/content/drafts/the-categories-were-made-for-man-in-order-to-make-predictions.md index d6fb42c..2574a6f 100644 --- a/content/drafts/the-categories-were-made-for-man-in-order-to-make-predictions.md +++ b/content/drafts/the-categories-were-made-for-man-in-order-to-make-predictions.md @@ -68,3 +68,7 @@ Another factor affecting the degree to which trans people form a more natural ca On the other hand, if gender dysphoria is caused by something else, that would tend to weigh against accepting transgender identity claims: however strongly felt trans people's _subjective_ sense of gender identity might be, if the mechanism underlying that feeling actually has nothing in particular in common with people of the identified-with sex, it becomes more tempting to classify the subjective sense of gender identity as an illusion, rather than the joint in reality around which everyone needs to carve their gender categories. +Of course, the phrasing _If gender dysphoria is caused by ..._ implies that we're considering _gender dysphoria_ as one category to reason about homogenously. But different people might want to transition for very different underlying psychological reasons. (Compare how many different pathogens can all cause the same symptoms of coughing and sneezing.) + + + -- 2.17.1