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you make some good points, but as others have pointed out, you are strawmanning a bit. With your tree example, you are correct, nature, and reality, do not conform to perfect boxes. Science, and scientists are well aware of this. This does not mean that categories, boxes, classifications are meaningless or useless. Also, if we follow your point to its logical conclusion, then you , and me, and scientists should , whenever someone points to a tree and says "thats a tree", all by shouting that person down. "Its not a tree! tree is just a social construct. how dare you bully that tree! it can be whatever it wants to be" . But you dont, because you realise how ridiculous that sounds. Biology, reality, informs culture. The very facts of human biology ( difference between sexes) informs what people do and how they behave. Different levels of different chemicals in the body give different behaviours. Different physical characteristics give different behaviours. These behaviours then inform culture on what a man or woman is, in general ( yes, there are exceptions) |