Abstract In ordinary language, in the medical sciences, and overlap between them, we frequently make claims which imply that might have had different gametic origins from ones actually have. Such statements seem intuitively true coherent. But they counterfactually ascribe DNA to their referents therefore contradict material-origin essentialism, Kripke his followers argue is obvious. this paper ...

This commentary highlights the importance of attending to the sociocultural contexts that foster essentialist ideas. It contends that Cimpian & Salomon's (C&S's) model undervalues the extent to which the development of essentialist beliefs is contingent on social experience. The result is a restriction of the model's applicability to real-world instances of essentialism-fuelled prejudice and di...

Adopting a philosophy of essentialism enables the delivery minimally viable AR products in eyewear form factor, and ability to learn iterate based on customers’ evolving needs comfort, privacy, productivity, entertainment, affordability.

English as a lingua franca (ELF) research highlights the complexity and fluidity of culture in intercultural communication through English. ELF users draw on, construct, and move between global, national, and local orientations towards cultural characterisations. Thus, the relationship between language and culture is best approached as situated and emergent. However, this has chal­ lenged previ...

Children often hold “essentialist” intuitions about social categories, viewing them as reflecting people’s intrinsic essences or biological natures. This intuition promotes prejudice development (e.g., race- and gender-based prejudices). However, emerging research reveals that essentialism also mitigates weight- sexuality-based Why do children’s essentialist views sometimes promote prejudice, o...