<div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Dear colleagues,</div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I hope you're well.</div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">This is your regular reminder that on Tuesday at 1 PM we will have our work-in-progress seminar. Here are the details for this week:</div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div id="gmail-26-august" style="line-height:1.1;margin:0px 0px 20px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>26 August</b></div><div id="gmail-adam-hochman-macquarie-university" style="line-height:1.1;margin:0px 0px 20px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="color:rgb(38,124,185)"><b><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/CqIOCmO5gluWx17OJuGf5sRumhG?domain=researchers.mq.edu.au" id="gmail-OWAa7a6b5f1-a771-15d6-9fb9-d72ad1dd8a82" class="gmail-OWAAutoLink" style="color:rgb(38,124,185)">Adam Hochman</a></b></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b> (Macquarie University)</b></span></div><div id="gmail-is-race-change-possible" style="line-height:1.1;margin:0px 0px 20px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Is “Race” Change Possible?</b></div><div style="margin:0px 0px 20px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">This talk explores the metaphysical possibility of “transraciality.” Most philosophers working on this topic have adopted a social form of what Charles Mills calls objectivism about race. They have argued that transraciality is currently impossible on this basis. I argue that—as Mills himself maintained—social objectivism actually allows for “transraciality,” but that objectivists will be unable to determine the true “race” of many individuals. I compare social objectivist approaches to “transraciality” to the approach entailed by reconstructionist anti-realism about race. For reconstructionists, transraciality is impossible. However, one can racialize oneself differently at different points throughout one’s life, and in different contexts, and some—intentionally or not—end up racialized differently by others. I make the case that, when it comes to the topic of “transraciality,” anti-realist reconstructionism is more explanatory from a theoretical perspective and more desirable from an ethical perspective than social objectivism about race.</div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Logistics and the full schedule are available here: <a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/xtFCCnx1jnimEl18OuJh6sJL2mK?domain=mqphilosophy.github.io/">https://mqphilosophy.github.io/seminars/</a></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Hope to see some of you there!</div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Best wishes,</div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Mark</div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Mark Alfano<br>Philosophy, Macquarie University</div><div>25WW Building B, Level 1, Room B144</div><div><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/QxjrCoV1kpfvnl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