[lit-ideas] Re: Muslim Prejudice
- From: Judith Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:40:10 +0000 (GMT)
You're trolling, Eric.
--- On Thu, 27/1/11, Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Muslim Prejudice
> To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, 27 January, 2011, 9:54
> Are you suggesting, dear Judy, that
> preconceptions (social
> prejudices as preconceptions) are not the result of
> experience, but are instead innate ideas in the manner of
> Plato and Descartes? Perhaps one acquires them through
> viral
> exposure in utero?
>
>
>
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> On Behalf Of Judith
> Evans
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 4:19 AM
> To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Muslim Prejudice
>
>
> And precisely how, Eric, do the definitions you quote
> accord
> with your
>
>
> >that has developed as a result
> > of the experiences of the prejudiced person
>
> ?
>
> what is it about "preconceived" that you don't understand?
>
> Judy Evans, Cardiff
>
> --- On Thu, 27/1/11, Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Muslim
> Prejudice
> To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, 27 January, 2011, 8:51
>
>
>
>
> Eric: Prejudice is
> NOT by definition "a form
> of unjustified and
> > false belief."
> It is rather a blanket
> judgment about a group
> > or class of
> people or things that has
> developed as a result
> > of the
> experiences of the prejudiced
> person
>
> Judy: I have never
> seen a definition of
> prejudice -- pre-judgment -- that did not in some way
> accord
> with Donal's suggestion, rather than yours. Can you
> link to
> a dictionary definition that matches yours?
>
>
>
> Wikipedia: "Prejudices are
> abstract-general
> preconceptions or abstract-general attitudes towards any
> type of situations, object, or person."
>
> Merriam-Webster 11th Collegiate: [second
> definition]
> "preconceived judgment or opinion"
>
> See? It is still possible to discuss
> "prejudice"
> without immediately imposing the conditioned moral
> aversion
> terminology. Thus one may discuss how social prejudices
> arise from commonly observed behavior and become
> generalizations.
>
>
>
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>
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