TeC-FiloLab con Nat Hansen: «Measuring Conceptual Inflation: The Case of ‘Racist'»
El martes, 4 de marzo, a las 12.30, tendrá lugar una nueva sesión del seminario TeC-FiloLab. Nuestro invitado será Nat Hansen, de la Universidad de Reading (Reino Unido). A continuación tenéis el título y un resumen de la charla, así como una breve nota sobre la trayectoria de Nat. Title: "Measuring Conceptual Inflation: The Case of 'Racist'" Abstract: Is the term 'racist' being applied so widely that it is losing its moral force? Theorists and pundits from across the political spectrum think that it is. They call such a change of meaning "conceptual inflation" and argue that we should try to stop it by restricting the use of 'racist' or replacing 'racist' with new expressions. But what evidence do we have that 'racist' is inflated? Economists do not track currency…














