Troubles with Stereotypes for Spinozan minds
- 1 March 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Philosophy of the Social Sciences
- Vol. 39 (1) , 63-92
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0048393108329363
Abstract
Some people succeed in adopting feminist ideals in spite of the prevalence of asymmetric power relations. However, those who adopt such ideals face a number of psychological difficulties in inhibiting stereotype-based judgments. I argue that a Spinozan theory of belief fixation offers a more complete understanding of the mechanisms that underwrite our intuitive stereotype-based judgments. I also argue that a Spinozan theory of belief fixation offers resources for avoiding stereotype-based judgments where they are antecedently recognized to be pernicious and insidious.Keywords
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