Stereotypes and Epistemic Value

2021 ◽  
pp. 137-160
Author(s):  
Katherine Puddifoot

How Stereotypes Deceive Us provides a conceptual framework that can be used to understand the various epistemic faults associated with stereotypes and stereotyping. Chapter 7 begins the task of developing this framework by assessing the adequacy of existing epistemological frameworks to the task of capturing the epistemic faults associated with stereotyping. Existing epistemological frameworks are categorized as upstream, downstream or static approaches. It is found that each of these types of approach has strengths and shortcomings with regards to the task of capturing the epistemic faults associated with stereotyping. It is argued that a full and complete account of the epistemic faults associated with stereotyping should therefore be pluralistic, drawing on the advantages and avoiding the shortcomings of each of the types of approach to epistemology.

Author(s):  
Silvia D'Amato

Abstract The overlapping of a series of events in the region has brought the Sahel under the spotlight of many European countries. It has been argued that the peculiar transnational nature of many terrorist groups of the area represents a concrete threat to European security. France, specifically, has led and encouraged a series of European initiatives, which aim to stabilize the region, calling for different degrees of counterterrorism cooperation with its European allies. Many European countries, such as Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, or Italy, have indeed increased their engagement in the area. Yet, not only a variety of new actors are now involved in the response to terrorism, but European cooperation among key actors is also developing along political-strategic, organizational, and procedural dimensions largely unexplored by the existing literature. This paper specifically accounts for the different multilevel configurations of European counterterrorism cooperation in the Sahel between 2012 and 2018. More specifically, the aim of this contribution is twofold. First, theoretically, through the concept of “patchwork” the paper proposes a conceptual framework able to investigate and analyze the apparently confusing multidimensional and multi-actor European cooperation in counterterrorism. Second, it empirically researches and analyzes the types of cooperation and the actors that fulfil key strategic positions in the patchwork. Overall, this paper provides a first complete account of the universe of European actors involved in the region and the types of cooperative patterns.


1999 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlene Butler ◽  
Henry Chambers ◽  
Murray Goldstein ◽  
Susan Harris ◽  
Judy Leach ◽  
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Crisis ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 204-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. L. Rurup ◽  
H. R. W. Pasman ◽  
J. Goedhart ◽  
D. J. H. Deeg ◽  
A. J. F. M. Kerkhof ◽  
...  

Background: Quantitative studies in several European countries showed that 10–20% of older people have or have had a wish to die. Aims: To improve our understanding of why some older people develop a wish to die. Methods: In-depth interviews with people with a wish to die (n = 31) were carried out. Through open coding and inductive analysis, we developed a conceptual framework to describe the development of death wishes. Respondents were selected from two cohort studies. Results: The wish to die had either been triggered suddenly after traumatic life events or had developed gradually after a life full of adversity, as a consequence of aging or illness, or after recurring depression. The respondents were in a situation they considered unacceptable, yet they felt they had no control to change their situation and thus progressively “gave up” trying. Recurring themes included being widowed, feeling lonely, being a victim, being dependent, and wanting to be useful. Developing thoughts about death as a positive thing or a release from problems seemed to them like a way to reclaim control. Conclusions: People who wish to die originally develop thoughts about death as a positive solution to life events or to an adverse situation, and eventually reach a balance of the wish to live and to die.


1984 ◽  
Vol 29 (12) ◽  
pp. 967-968
Author(s):  
Ernst G. Beier
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2011 ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald T. Ankley ◽  
Richard S. Bennett ◽  
Russell J. Erickson ◽  
Dale J. Hoff ◽  
Michael W. Hornung ◽  
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