Larry Barsalou - Habits of Mind
Mind & Life
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Can Concepts Be Problematic?
concepts can not be so great, because they may not be accurately helping us in the world or interact with people. Even people who would explicitly say that they are not prejudiced often will demonstrate prejudice on implicit it doesn't mean that they're consciously or explicitly or intentionally prejudiced. So how can we shift concepts, you know, to be in those cases where it's a much more complicated interaction and individuals can't necessarily be lumped into groups? Well, in social psychology there's a large literature on this, im especially stereotypes and prejudice.
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