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EPISODE · Oct 30, 2025 · 1H 23M

#56 What Is a Woman? - Tomas Bogardus

from The Uncertainty Podcast · host Miles K. Donahue

Dr. Tomas Bogardus discusses contemporary philosophical analysis of sex and gender, defending a traditional understanding of these terms.To support the channel, do please oh please consider donating via⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PayPal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy Me a Coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Feel free to follow me on⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.EPISODE CHAPTERS00:00:00 IntroductionEPISODE CHAPTERS00:00:00 Introduction00:32 What are the main views about gender?17:03 What's the difference between sex and gender?27:52 Why think sex terms are social constructions?35:29 Societal consequences for biological realism regarding sex39:05 Intentional revision of sex terms?44:35 Dr. Bogardus: What is a woman?45:04 Woman: Adult human female55:24 Can trans-women be women on this account?01:12:38 But still, should we revise the meaning of our terms? Get full access to Miles K. Donahue at mileskdonahue.substack.com/subscribe

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