How stereotypes deceive us / Katherine Puddifoot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Puddifoot, Katherine, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stereotypes (Social psychology).

Prejudices--Philosophy.

Prejudices.

Social perception.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 214 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

This text investigates the various factors that determine whether an act of stereotyping increases or decreases the chance of an accurate judgement being made. It challenges the assumption that false or inaccurate cognitions have no epistemic value.

Contents:

Cover

How Stereotypes Deceive Us

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgements

1: Introduction

1. What Are We Talking About?

2. Focus of the Project

3. A Note on Methodology

4. Goals of the Project

5. Overview of the Book

2: Defining Stereotypes and Stereotyping

1. Introduction

2. Normative versus Non-Normative Accounts

3. Why the Non-Normative Account of Stereotyping?

3.1 Bad Argument 1: Look at all the Accurate Stereotypes!

3.2 Bad Argument 2: Logical Incoherence

3.3 Bad Argument 3: A Challenge to Multiculturalism?

3.4 Better Argument 1: Difficulty Establishing Stereotype-Status

3.5 Why We Should Adopt a Non-Normative Approach: A Pragmatic Position

4. The 'Concept' Conception of Stereotypes

5. Implicit and Explicit Stereotypes

6. Conclusion

3: The Multiple Ways Stereotypes Deceive Us

2. Single Factor View

3. Dual Factor View

4. Challenging the Single and Dual Factor Views

5. Factor 1: Stereotype Accuracy

6. Factor 2: Stereotype Relevance

7. Factor 3: Response to Case-Specific Information

8. Rejecting the Single and Dual Factor Views

9. Presenting the Multifactorial View

10. Making Use of the Multifactorial View

11. Conclusion

4: Epistemic Innocence and the Ethics of Stereotypes

2. Epistemic Costs of Stereotyping

2.1 Reflecting Reality but Not Statistics

2.2 Reflecting Reality while Being Irrelevant

2.3 Reflecting Reality while Leading to Misinterpretation of Ambiguous Evidence

2.4 Reflecting Reality while Distorting Memories

2.5 Reflecting Reality and the Failure to Notice Differences

2.6 Reflecting Reality and the Failure to Notice Similarities

2.7 Reflecting Reality and Poor Explanations

2.8 Reflecting Reality, Testimonial Injustice, and Testimonial Smothering.

2.9 Reflecting Reality and Inappropriate Associations

2.10 Summary

3. Epistemic Benefits of Avoiding Stereotyping

4. Epistemic Innocence of False Social Attitudes

5. The Lesser of Two Epistemic Evils

6. Changing Responses to Stereotyping

7. Embracing Base-Rate Neglect

8. Implications for Ethics of Stereotyping

8.1 Blum's Moral Analysis

8.2 Epistemic Injustice

8.3 Moral Encroachment Views

9. Conclusion

5: Where Ethical and Epistemic Demands Meet: Learning from the Role of Stereotyping in Medicine

2. First Pass at a Solution

3. Resisting the Temptation of a Simple Solution

4. Complicating the Epistemic-Ethical Dilemma: The Case of Healthcare

4.1 Implicit Bias in Healthcare

4.2 The Appearance of Epistemic and Ethical Goals Converging Against Stereotyping

4.3 Complicating the Picture: Stereotyping and the Facilitation of Epistemic Goals

4.4 The Ethical Benefits of Stereotyping

5. A Dilemma or Something More Complicated?

6. Broadening the Scope of the Argument

7. A Comparison with the Moral Encroachment Approach

8. Practical Upshots

6: Stereotyping and Disclosure of Social Identity: Mental Health and Beyond

2. The Multifactorial View, Disclosure, and Misperception

2.1 The Nature of Mental Health Stereotypes

2.2 Stereotyping and Misperception

3. Non-Disclosure and Misperception

3.1 Information and Understanding

3.2 What Happens in the Absence of the Information?

4. Responding to the Dilemma

5. How Far Does the Dilemma Extend?

6. Extending the Response

7. Conclusion

7: Stereotypes and Epistemic Value

2. Rationality and Justification: A Primer

3. Taxonomy of Existing Views

3.1 Upstream Accounts

3.2 Downstream Accounts

3.3 Static Accounts

4. Stereotyping Beliefs.

5. Upstream Accounts and Stereotyping Beliefs

5.1 Initial Promise of Upstream Accounts

5.2 Limited Results of Upstream Accounts

6. Downstream Accounts and Stereotyping Beliefs

6.1 Initial Promise of Downstream Accounts

6.2 Limited Results of Downstream Accounts

7. Static Accounts and Stereotyping Beliefs

7.1 Initial Promise of Static Accounts

7.2 Limited Results of Static Accounts

8. Summary So Far

9. Upshot

10. A Positive Perspective

8: Evaluative Dispositionalism

2. What Are Dispositions?

3. Evaluative Dispositionalism

4. Applying Dispositionalism to Stereotyping Beliefs

4.1 Case 1: The Unsupported Belief with Poor Consequences

4.2 Case 2: The Weakly Supported Belief with Poor Consequences

4.3 Case 3: The Well-Supported Belief with Poor Consequences

4.4 Case 4: The Poorly Supported Belief with Positive Consequences

5. Unifying

6. Intuitive Response to Cases

7. Same Stereotype, Different Evaluation

8. Prescriptive Power

9. Social Role

10. The Moral Objectionability of Stereotypes

9: Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-211) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Puddifoot, Katherine How Stereotypes Deceive Us

ISBN:

0-19-266035-7

0-19-193777-0

0-19-266034-9

OCLC:

1265465206