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Constructive criticism is most welcome. This page is for listing, and responding to, criticism voiced against [[the thesis]], [[the wiki]] or the [[the concept of categorism|concept]] or [[the conceptual framework of categorism|conceptual framework]] of [[categorism]] itself.

==Is a society without categorization of human beings even possible?==

'''Criticism''': The thesis does not discuss the possibility of building a society where people don't categorize each other.

'''Response''': On the other hand, it does mention that categorization is a core feature of how the human mind works. And it also mentions that human cultures are built between human minds. In other words, it would not be reasonable to consider a society without categorization to be possible. Furthermore, categorization (with or without categorism)

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−	'''Response:''' On the other hand, it does mention that categorization is a core feature of how the human mind works. And it also mentions that human cultures are built between human minds. In other words, it would not be reasonable to consider a society without categorization to be possible. Furthermore, categorization (with or without categorism) is not merely about categorizing other ''people'' - [[identity]] and other [[cateity]] is about categorizing ''oneself'' in relationship to other people. Can we imagine a society where the [[cateitization]] - the process of building and reproducing identities - does not exist?	+	'''Response:''' On the other hand, it does mention that [[categorization]] is a core feature of how the human mind works. And it also mentions that human cultures are built between human minds. In other words, it would not be reasonable to consider a society without categorization to be possible. Furthermore, categorization (with or without categorism) is not merely about categorizing other ''people'' - [[identity]] and other [[cateity]] is about categorizing ''oneself'' in relationship to other people. Can we imagine a society where the [[cateitization]] - the process of building and reproducing identities - does not exist?
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		+	(For further reading in the thesis, see chapter 6.1, "In what sense do categories exist?")

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 ==Is a society without categorization of human beings even possible?==
-'''Criticism''': The thesis does not discuss the possibility of building a society where people don't categorize each other.
+'''Criticism:''' The thesis does not discuss the possibility of building a society where people don't categorize each other.
-'''Response''': On the other hand, it does mention that categorization is a core feature of how the human mind works. And it also mentions that human cultures are built between human minds. In other words, it would not be reasonable to consider a society without categorization to be possible. Furthermore, categorization (with or without categorism)
+'''Response:''' On the other hand, it does mention that categorization is a core feature of how the human mind works. And it also mentions that human cultures are built between human minds. In other words, it would not be reasonable to consider a society without categorization to be possible. Furthermore, categorization (with or without categorism) is not merely about categorizing other ''people'' - [[identity]] and other [[cateity]] is about categorizing ''oneself'' in relationship to other people. Can we imagine a society where the [[cateitization]] - the process of building and reproducing identities - does not exist?