Add to ORKGWe argue that generic generalizations about racial groups are pernicious in what they communicate (both to members of that racial group and to members of other racial groups), and may be central to the construction of social categories like racial groups. We then consider how we should change and challenge uses of generic generalizations about racial groups
Generics (e.g., “Dogs bark”) are thought by many to lead to essentializing: to assuming that members...
I contrast two approaches to the interpretation of generics such as ‘ravens are black:’ majority-bas...
Generic statements ('Tigers have stripes') are pervasive and early-emerging modes of generalization ...
We argue that generic generalizations about racial groups are pernicious in what they communicate (b...
The project of this paper is to deliver a semantics for a broad subset of bare plural generics about...
In ‘Language and Race’, Luvell Anderson, Sally Haslanger, and Rae Langton highlight a slip of ambigu...
In recent years, both within and outside philosophy, the idea has taken hold that generics play a sp...
This thesis is about generics, sentences like ‘Bricks are red’, ‘Boars have bristly hair’, or ‘Briti...
We use generic sentences like ‘Blondes are stupid’ to express stereotypes. But why is this? Does the...
Generics (e.g., “Dogs bark”) are thought by many to lead to essentializing: to assuming that members...
I contrast two approaches to the interpretation of generics such as ‘ravens are black:’ majority-bas...
Generic statements ('Tigers have stripes') are pervasive and early-emerging modes of generalization ...
We argue that generic generalizations about racial groups are pernicious in what they communicate (b...
The project of this paper is to deliver a semantics for a broad subset of bare plural generics about...
In ‘Language and Race’, Luvell Anderson, Sally Haslanger, and Rae Langton highlight a slip of ambigu...
In recent years, both within and outside philosophy, the idea has taken hold that generics play a sp...
This thesis is about generics, sentences like ‘Bricks are red’, ‘Boars have bristly hair’, or ‘Briti...
We use generic sentences like ‘Blondes are stupid’ to express stereotypes. But why is this? Does the...
Generics (e.g., “Dogs bark”) are thought by many to lead to essentializing: to assuming that members...
I contrast two approaches to the interpretation of generics such as ‘ravens are black:’ majority-bas...
Generic statements ('Tigers have stripes') are pervasive and early-emerging modes of generalization ...