Research Group
in Analytic Philosophy

Implicit Biases, Emotions, and (Ir)rationality (IBM&I)

This reading group will cover papers on the nature of implicit biases, with a particular focus on the emotional component of this type of mental states, our responsibility for them, and their relation to other imperfect (perhaps irrational) cognitive processes. 

 

Suggested papers include (but do not exhaust): 

 

·       Rima Basu (forthcoming). “The specter of normative conflict: Does fairness require inaccuracy?" To appear in An Introduction to Implicit Bias: Knowledge, Justice, and the Social Mind. Eds. Erin Beeghly and Alex Madva. 

·       Endre Begby (2013). “The epistemology of prejudice”. Thought 2: 90–99. 

·       Michael Brownstein and Alex Madva (2012). “Ethical automaticity”. Philosophy of the Social Sciences 42(1): 68–98.

·       Uljana Feest (forthcoming). “Construct validity in psychological tests. The case of Implicit social cognition”. European Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 

·       Jules Holroyd (2015). “Implicit biases, awareness and imperfect cognitions”. Consciousness and Cognition 33: 511–523. 

·       Gabby Johnson (2020). “The structure of bias”. Mind. DOI: 10.1093/mind/fzaa011 

·       Ziva Kunda (1990). ”The case for motivated reasoning”. Psychological Bulletin 108(3): 480–498. 

·       Alex Madva and Michael Brownstein (2018). “Stereotypes, prejudice, and the taxonomy of the implicit social mind”. Noûs 52(3): 611–644.

·       Sarah-Jane Leslie (2017). "The original sin of cognition: fear, prejudice, and generalization". The Journal of Philosophy 64(8): 393–421. 

·       Madeleine Ransom (2019). “Naturalizing logic. A case study of the ad hominem and implicit bias”. In Dov Gabbay, Lorenzo Magnani, Woosuk Park & Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen (eds.), Natural Arguments: A Tribute to John Woods. London: College Publications. pp. 575–589.  

·       Charles Stangor, Linda. A. Sullivan and Thomas E. Ford. (1991). “Affective and cognitive determinants of prejudice”. Social Cognition 4: 339–380.



Convenor:

Josefa Toribio

Sessions

  • Motivating Reasoning

    Ziva Kunda (1990). ”The case for motivated reasoning”. Psychological Bulletin 108 (3): 480–498.

    28 January 2021

    10:12, ZOOM - link to be provided

  • The Ethics of Automaticity

    Michael Brownstein and Alex Madva (2012). “Ethical automaticity”. Philosophy of the Social Sciences 42 (1): 68–98.

    11 February 2021

    10:12, ZOOM - link to be provided

  • The epistemology of prejudice

    Endre Begby (2013). “The epistemology of prejudice”. Thought 2: 90–99.

    25 February 2021

    10:12, ZOOM - link to be provided

  • Biases, awareness and imperfect cognitions

    Jules Holroyd (2015). “Implicit biases, awareness and imperfect cognitions”. Consciousness and Cognition 33: 511–523.

    11 March 2021

    10:12, ZOOM - link to be provided

  • The original sin of cognition: fear, prejudice, and generalization

    Sarah-Jane Leslie (2017). “The original sin of cognition: fear, prejudice, and generalization”. The Journal of Philosophy 64(8): 393–421.

    25 March 2021

    10:12, ZOOM - link to be provided

  • Stereotypes, prejudice, and the taxonomy of the implicit social mind

    Alex Madva and Michael Brownstein (2018). “Stereotypes, prejudice, and the taxonomy of the implicit social mind”. Noûs 52(3): 611–644.

    08 April 2021

    10:12, ZOOM - link to be provided

  • The structure of bias

    Gabby Johnson (2020). “The structure of bias”. Mind. doi: 10.1093/mind/fzaa01

    22 April 2021

    10:12, ZOOM - link to be provided

  • Imperfect cognitions

    Madeleine Ransom (2019). “Naturalizing logic. A case study of the ad hominem and implicit bias”. In Dov Gabbay, Lorenzo Magnani, Woosuk Park & Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen (eds.), Natural Arguments: A Tribute to John Woods. London: College Publications. pp. 575–589. 

    20 May 2021

    10:12, ZOOM - link to be provided

  • Implicit bias: fairness vs. inaccuracy

    Rima Basu (forthcoming). “The specter of normative conflict: Does fairness require inaccuracy?" To appear in An Introduction to Implicit Bias: Knowledge, Justice, and the Social Mind. Eds. Erin Beeghly and Alex Madva.

    03 June 2021

    10:12, ZOOM - link to be provided

  • Psychological tests and implicit social cognition

    Uljana Feest (forthcoming). “Construct validity in psychological tests. The case of Implicit social cognition”. European Journal for the Philosophy of Science.

    17 June 2021

    10:12, ZOOM - link to be provided