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Area of Science:

  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Cognitive Science
  • Social Psychology

Background:

  • The nature of implicit bias is debated, specifically whether it constitutes a belief.
  • Critics argue implicit biases lack belief-like qualities such as stability and evidential sensitivity.
  • Proponents use revised belief concepts to support the belief model of implicit bias.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critically evaluate the belief model of implicit bias.
  • To propose a methodological shift in the debate surrounding implicit bias.
  • To redirect focus towards the inherent stability and evidential sensitivity of implicit biases.

Main Methods:

  • Methodological critique of existing arguments for and against the belief model of implicit bias.
  • Analysis of philosophical concepts of belief, including fragmented, Spinozan, and dispositional beliefs.
  • Examination of empirical data regarding the stability and evidential sensitivity of implicit biases.

Main Results:

  • Both critiques and defenses of the belief model of implicit bias are found to be problematic.
  • The current debate over whether implicit biases are beliefs is methodologically flawed.
  • Existing empirical data do not definitively support or refute the belief model.

Conclusions:

  • The debate should move beyond the question of whether implicit biases are beliefs.
  • Future research should prioritize investigating the stability and evidential sensitivity of implicit biases.
  • A new framework is needed to understand the fundamental nature of implicit biases.