Implicit Bias Conference 2015
This conference addressed philosophical questions arising from investigation into implicit biases. Implicit biases are unconscious attitudes or stereotypes, inaccessible to introspection, that impact upon our feelings, evaluations, actions and decisions. There is now considerable psychological evidence for the existence of implicit biases targeting socially stigmatised minorities - even amongst those who are explicitly non-discriminatory, and amongst members of the relevant minorities themselves.
The phenomenon of implicit bias raises a number of pressing metaphysical, epistemological, ethical and political issues, and has thus begun to increasingly attract the attention of philosophers. This conference, held on the 15th & 16th of October 2015 @ the University of Leeds, brought together researchers, postgraduates, and undergraduates in order to build on current research, and to raise awareness of the phenomenon.
More information is available here.
Conference Schedule
Day 1 (Thursday 15th October)
0930 - 1000 Check-in
1000 - 1030 Introduction by MAP@Leeds
1030 - 1200 Morning Keynote:
Jules Holroyd
What do we want from a model of implicit bias?
1200 - 1300 Lunch from Pita Pit
1300 - 1420 Panel 1 (Downstairs)
Robin Zheng:
Bias, Structure, and Injustice: Collective Accountability for Implicit Bias
Helen Morley:
Title tbc
1300 - 1420 Panel 2 (Upstairs)
Andreas Bunge:
Interactions between propositional and associative processes in prejudice
Emma McClure:
How Best to Use the IAT: The Moral to Draw from the Moral Responsibility Debate
1420 - 1430 Break for Cake!
1430 - 1550 Panel 3 (Downstairs)
Francesco Chiesa:
Difference and the Limits of Respect: The Case of Implicit Bias
Sarah Jones:
Title tbc
1430 - 1550 Panel 4 (Downstairs)
Sophie Stammers:
Explicitly unclear: the illusion of the exclusive control mechanism
1600 - 1900 Break for Activities
(Leeds City Centre cultural scavenger hunt w/ dinner at Hansa’s)
Day 2 (Friday 16th October)
1000 - 1030 Scavenger hunt slideshow icebreaker
1030 - 1200 Morning Keynote:
Ian Kidd
Can We Retain Confidence in Philosophy in the Light of Implicit Bias?
1200 - 1300 Lunch from Pita Pit
1300 - 1350 Panel 5 (Downstairs)
Aaron Meskin & Sheila Lintott:
Art and Implicit Bias
1300 - 1350 Panel 6 (Upstairs)
Noel Dominguez:
The Blameworthiness of Implicit Bias: A Constitutivist Solution
1350 - 1400 Break for Cake!
1400 - 1530 Plenary Keynote:
Jennifer Saul & Katherine Jenkins:
The Pragmatics of Inclusivity: Visual and Linguistic Cues to Group Membership
1530 - 1600 Closing Remarks
0930 - 1000 Check-in
1000 - 1030 Introduction by MAP@Leeds
1030 - 1200 Morning Keynote:
Jules Holroyd
What do we want from a model of implicit bias?
1200 - 1300 Lunch from Pita Pit
1300 - 1420 Panel 1 (Downstairs)
Robin Zheng:
Bias, Structure, and Injustice: Collective Accountability for Implicit Bias
Helen Morley:
Title tbc
1300 - 1420 Panel 2 (Upstairs)
Andreas Bunge:
Interactions between propositional and associative processes in prejudice
Emma McClure:
How Best to Use the IAT: The Moral to Draw from the Moral Responsibility Debate
1420 - 1430 Break for Cake!
1430 - 1550 Panel 3 (Downstairs)
Francesco Chiesa:
Difference and the Limits of Respect: The Case of Implicit Bias
Sarah Jones:
Title tbc
1430 - 1550 Panel 4 (Downstairs)
Sophie Stammers:
Explicitly unclear: the illusion of the exclusive control mechanism
1600 - 1900 Break for Activities
(Leeds City Centre cultural scavenger hunt w/ dinner at Hansa’s)
Day 2 (Friday 16th October)
1000 - 1030 Scavenger hunt slideshow icebreaker
1030 - 1200 Morning Keynote:
Ian Kidd
Can We Retain Confidence in Philosophy in the Light of Implicit Bias?
1200 - 1300 Lunch from Pita Pit
1300 - 1350 Panel 5 (Downstairs)
Aaron Meskin & Sheila Lintott:
Art and Implicit Bias
1300 - 1350 Panel 6 (Upstairs)
Noel Dominguez:
The Blameworthiness of Implicit Bias: A Constitutivist Solution
1350 - 1400 Break for Cake!
1400 - 1530 Plenary Keynote:
Jennifer Saul & Katherine Jenkins:
The Pragmatics of Inclusivity: Visual and Linguistic Cues to Group Membership
1530 - 1600 Closing Remarks