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Philosophy of Mind after Implicit Biases

  • Cristina Borgoni
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The Political Turn in Analytic Philosophy
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Abstract

This chapter aims at characterizing the impact of the discussion on implicit biases-a politically loaded phenomenon-for some fundamental questions in philosophy of mind and at exploring new lines of investigation in epistemology. In the first part of the chapter, I focus on the still lively debate about the type of mental state that implicit biases are. In contrast to the current views that analyze implicit bias against a traditional view of beliefs, I propose that a more promising position is one that accommodates implicit biases within the belief category, while proposing a new paradigm for what beliefs are. The second part explores some epistemological issues centered on the question about what is biased in implicit biases. Implicit biases seem to be epistemically and ethically mistaken. Implicit biases are prejudice-based mental states. Also, very often, implicit biases diverge from what people explicitly hold to be the case. However, it is unclear whether implicit biases are constitutively inaccurate or unjustified. Moreover, it is not easy to understand what the source of such failures are, whether they have their origin in the individual’s cognitive system or in the individual’s social environment. I aim to formulate these epistemological problems and explore some possible routes to their answer.

Abstract

This chapter aims at characterizing the impact of the discussion on implicit biases-a politically loaded phenomenon-for some fundamental questions in philosophy of mind and at exploring new lines of investigation in epistemology. In the first part of the chapter, I focus on the still lively debate about the type of mental state that implicit biases are. In contrast to the current views that analyze implicit bias against a traditional view of beliefs, I propose that a more promising position is one that accommodates implicit biases within the belief category, while proposing a new paradigm for what beliefs are. The second part explores some epistemological issues centered on the question about what is biased in implicit biases. Implicit biases seem to be epistemically and ethically mistaken. Implicit biases are prejudice-based mental states. Also, very often, implicit biases diverge from what people explicitly hold to be the case. However, it is unclear whether implicit biases are constitutively inaccurate or unjustified. Moreover, it is not easy to understand what the source of such failures are, whether they have their origin in the individual’s cognitive system or in the individual’s social environment. I aim to formulate these epistemological problems and explore some possible routes to their answer.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Acknowledgements V
  3. Table of Contents VII
  4. Editor’s Introduction IX
  5. Part I: Analytic Philosophy and Social Involvement
  6. Analytic Philosophy as Philosophical Activism 1
  7. Conceptual Engineering and Neurath’s Boat: A Return to the Political Roots of Logical Empiricism 31
  8. Part II: Mind, Knowledge, and the Social World
  9. Political Epistemology 53
  10. Intellectual Vices in Conditions of Oppression: The Turn to the Political in Virtue Epistemology 77
  11. Epistemic De-Platforming 105
  12. Philosophy of Mind after Implicit Biases 135
  13. Ameliorative Inquiry in Epistemology 151
  14. Part III: Meaning, Politics, and Identity
  15. Tackling Verbal Derogation: Linguistic Meaning, Social Meaning and Constructive Contestation 173
  16. The Power to Shape Contexts: The Transmission of Descriptive and Evaluative Contents 199
  17. Hermeneutical Injustice and Conceptual Landscaping: The Benefits and Responsibilities of Expanding Conceptual Landscaping beyond Failure Reparation 211
  18. The Meaning of ‘Woman’ and the Political Turn in Philosophy of Language 229
  19. Part IV: Epistemology and Polarization
  20. Affective Polarization and Testimonial and Discursive Injustice 257
  21. Philosophical Considerations of Political Polarization 279
  22. Notes on Contributors 299
  23. Index 303
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110612318-008

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Acknowledgements V
  3. Table of Contents VII
  4. Editor’s Introduction IX
  5. Part I: Analytic Philosophy and Social Involvement
  6. Analytic Philosophy as Philosophical Activism 1
  7. Conceptual Engineering and Neurath’s Boat: A Return to the Political Roots of Logical Empiricism 31
  8. Part II: Mind, Knowledge, and the Social World
  9. Political Epistemology 53
  10. Intellectual Vices in Conditions of Oppression: The Turn to the Political in Virtue Epistemology 77
  11. Epistemic De-Platforming 105
  12. Philosophy of Mind after Implicit Biases 135
  13. Ameliorative Inquiry in Epistemology 151
  14. Part III: Meaning, Politics, and Identity
  15. Tackling Verbal Derogation: Linguistic Meaning, Social Meaning and Constructive Contestation 173
  16. The Power to Shape Contexts: The Transmission of Descriptive and Evaluative Contents 199
  17. Hermeneutical Injustice and Conceptual Landscaping: The Benefits and Responsibilities of Expanding Conceptual Landscaping beyond Failure Reparation 211
  18. The Meaning of ‘Woman’ and the Political Turn in Philosophy of Language 229
  19. Part IV: Epistemology and Polarization
  20. Affective Polarization and Testimonial and Discursive Injustice 257
  21. Philosophical Considerations of Political Polarization 279
  22. Notes on Contributors 299
  23. Index 303
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