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SUMMARY:Concept creep: what is it?
DESCRIPTION:So\, what the heck is “concept creep”? \nSkeptics member Chris Hancock proposed this topic\, for which we hope to have a speaker (linguist Daniel Midgley – TBC) but if not\, Chris will run us through it. \nA definition from Wikipedia (sans references): “Concept creep is the process by which harm-related topics experience semantic expansion to include topics which would not have originally been envisaged to be included under that label. It was first identified by Nick Haslam in 2016\, who identified its effects on the concepts of abuse\, bullying\, trauma\, mental disorder\, addiction\, and prejudice. Others have identified its effects on terms like gaslight and emotional labour. The phenomenon can be related to the concept of hyperbole.\nIt has been criticised for making people more sensitive to harms and for blurring people’s thinking and understanding of such terms\, by categorising too many things together which should not be\, and by losing the clarity and specificity of a term.\nAlthough the initial research on concept creep has focused on concepts central to the political left‘s ideology\, psychologists have also found evidence that people identifying with the political right have more expansive interpretations of concepts central to their own ideology (eg. sexual deviance\, personal responsibility and terrorism).” \nFinding us: Go down the stairs off Barrack St and ask the staff for the conference room \nDrinks and food are available at the venue. \nParking at City of Perth (CPP) car parks is free after 6pm weekdays. \nImage by Yeshi Kangrang (via Unsplash)
URL:https://perthskeptics.com.au/event/concept-creep-what-is-it/
LOCATION:43 Below Bar & Restaurant\, 43 Barrack Street\, Perth\, WA\, 6000\, Australia
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