Tom Claes
Biographic Data
| ID | 1394575 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tom Claes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tom |
| FAMILY NAME | Claes |
| SIGNATURE | CLAES T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ghent University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Do chatbots change how we think about sexuality? towards an empirically informed philosophy of sexuality in the age of AI-mediated intimacy
Theorizing the West
Francis Hsu signalled in 1973 two prejudices that, according to him, were at work in western anthropology. The first prejudice is the opinion that non-western anthropologists do not have anything interesting to contribute to theory formation in anthropology. The second is closely linked to the first. It consists of granting non-western anthropologists the status of privileged fact gatherers, but nothing more. The upshot of these prejudices is the…
Recovering 'Culture
This article looks into the 'epistemological hypochondria' that anthropologists appear to face, whereby epistemic critiques of theories in anthropology are seen to challenge the very existence of the discipline itself. While arguing the case that some of the fundamental notions used in anthropology are the result of the dynamic of religion, the article pleads for a re-evaluation of the concept of culture itself. This would entail a decolonization…
Culture and Morality Revisited
In a review essay on morality and culture, Mary Douglas pointed out that there exists little communication between anthropologists writing on morals and the (Western) moral philosophers. According to Douglas, the greatest responsibility for this division arises from the unwillingness of the moral philosophers to take anthropological data seriously. How this should be done remains unsolved but I do not think it to be surprising. As things stand no…
Culture and Morality Revisited
In a review essay on morality and culture, Mary Douglas pointed out that there exists little communication between anthropologists writing on morals and the (Western) moral philosophers. According to Douglas, the greatest responsibility for this division arises from the unwillingness of the moral philosophers to take anthropological data seriously. How this should be done remains unsolved but I do not think it to be surprising. As things stand no…
Recovering 'Culture
This article looks into the 'epistemological hypochondria' that anthropologists appear to face, whereby epistemic critiques of theories in anthropology are seen to challenge the very existence of the discipline itself. While arguing the case that some of the fundamental notions used in anthropology are the result of the dynamic of religion, the article pleads for a re-evaluation of the concept of culture itself. This would entail a decolonization…
Culture and Morality Revisited
In a review essay on morality and culture, Mary Douglas pointed out that there exists little communication between anthropologists writing on morals and the (Western) moral philosophers. According to Douglas, the greatest responsibility for this division arises from the unwillingness of the moral philosophers to take anthropological data seriously. How this should be done remains unsolved but I do not think it to be surprising. As things stand no…
Recovering 'Culture
This article looks into the 'epistemological hypochondria' that anthropologists appear to face, whereby epistemic critiques of theories in anthropology are seen to challenge the very existence of the discipline itself. While arguing the case that some of the fundamental notions used in anthropology are the result of the dynamic of religion, the article pleads for a re-evaluation of the concept of culture itself. This would entail a decolonization…
Theorizing the West
Francis Hsu signalled in 1973 two prejudices that, according to him, were at work in western anthropology. The first prejudice is the opinion that non-western anthropologists do not have anything interesting to contribute to theory formation in anthropology. The second is closely linked to the first. It consists of granting non-western anthropologists the status of privileged fact gatherers, but nothing more. The upshot of these prejudices is the…
Do chatbots change how we think about sexuality? towards an empirically informed philosophy of sexuality in the age of AI-mediated intimacy
Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Nothing (2 works) · Sociocultural anthropology (2 works) · Applied anthropology (1 work) · Conceptual framework (1 work) · Culinary Culture and Tourism (1 work)