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Some Critical Thoughts on "How Stereotypes Deceive Us"

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The goal of this paper is to identify and discuss the weaker aspects of some of the arguments in Kathy Puddifoot's fascinating and thought-provoking book. Section 1 deals with Puddifoot's treatment of the "single factor view" and the "dual factor view" of stereotyping. Section 2 deals with Puddifoot's treatment of egalitarian attitudes. Section 3 deals with Puddifoot's treatment of the moral encroachment approach to stereotyping. Finally, section 4 deals with Puddifoot's theory of evaluative dispositionalism. The sections can be read independently.

Source: European journal of analytic philosophy

DOI: 10.31820/ejap.21.1.3

Author: Federico Picinali

Institution: London School of Economics and Political Science

Language: English

Topic: Social and Intergroup Psychology

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4408295146

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