On Bullshit
On Bullshit
Author: Frankfurt H
ISBN: 9780691122946
Edition: 1ST - 2005
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Overview
One of the Most Salient Features of Our Culture is That There is so Much Bullshit. Everyone Knows This. Each of Us Contributes His Share. but We Tend to Take the Situation for Granted. Most People Are Rather Confident of Their Ability to Recognize Bullshit and to Avoid Being Taken in by It. so the Phenomenon Has Not Aroused Much Deliberate Concern. We Have No Clear Understanding of What Bullshit Is, Why There is so Much of It, or What Functions It Serves. and We Lack a Conscientiously Developed Appreciation of What It Means to Us. in Other Words, As Harry Frankfurt Writes, "We Have No Theory." Frankfurt, One of the World's Most Influential Moral Philosophers, Attempts to Build Such a Theory Here. With His Characteristic Combination of Philosophical Acuity, Psychological Insight, and Wry Humor, Frankfurt Proceeds by Exploring How Bullshit and the Related Concept of Humbug Are Distinct From Lying. He Argues That Bullshitters Misrepresent Themselves to Their Audience Not As Liars Do, Tha
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Weight:
0.114 kgDepartment:
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Frankfurt HPublisher:
PRINCETON UNIVERSITYISBN:
9780691122946Edition:
1ST - 2005Estimated Delivery:
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