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looping effect. The way a classification of people can change the people it classifies, who then change in ways that force the classification itself to change, as Ian Hacking described for human kinds.
Hacking, Ian. “The Looping Effects of Human Kinds.” In Causal Cognition. Oxford University Press, 1996. https://
Bibliography
- Hacking, Ian. “The Looping Effects of Human Kinds.” In Causal Cognition. Oxford University Press, 1996. https://
doi .org/ 10 .1093/ acprof:oso/ 9780198524021 .003 .0012. (external link) (link to another page)