Ameliorative projects, psychological essentialism, and the power of nouns
Koch S (2024)
Mind & Language .
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Ameliorative projects design and propagate new linguistic content for some expressions we use for political or social justice purposes. These projects are often driven by an anti-essentialist agenda: they aim to debunk the idea that social categories such as "woman", "man", or "race" are constituted by natural essences. But critics argue that nouns tend to trigger essentialist thinking. And because ameliorative projects typically retain nouns, it is argued that these projects cannot achieve their anti-essentialist goals. In response, I argue that the psychological effects of noun use tend to support, rather than hinder, the anti-essentialist goals of ameliorators.
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ameliorative projects;
anti-essentialism;
conceptual engineering;
kinds;
nouns;
psychological essentialism
Erscheinungsjahr
2024
Zeitschriftentitel
Mind & Language
ISSN
0268-1064
eISSN
1468-0017
Page URI
https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2999501
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Koch S. Ameliorative projects, psychological essentialism, and the power of nouns. Mind & Language . 2024.
Koch, S. (2024). Ameliorative projects, psychological essentialism, and the power of nouns. Mind & Language . https://doi.org/10.1111/mila.12538
Koch, Steffen. 2024. “Ameliorative projects, psychological essentialism, and the power of nouns”. Mind & Language .
Koch, S. (2024). Ameliorative projects, psychological essentialism, and the power of nouns. Mind & Language .
Koch, S., 2024. Ameliorative projects, psychological essentialism, and the power of nouns. Mind & Language .
S. Koch, “Ameliorative projects, psychological essentialism, and the power of nouns”, Mind & Language , 2024.
Koch, S.: Ameliorative projects, psychological essentialism, and the power of nouns. Mind & Language . (2024).
Koch, Steffen. “Ameliorative projects, psychological essentialism, and the power of nouns”. Mind & Language (2024).
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