# The perception problem and the question of rationality in life

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The piece questions whether asymmetric perceptions of race and gender are best explained through individual cognition or collective social phenomena.

Blog post · Hermeneutic Heretic · 8 January 2008

## Where it lives

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## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 8 January 2008
- Published in: Hermeneutic Heretic
- Language: English

Topics: gender, race, social-psychology, collective-action.

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