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Harry G. Frankfurt - On Bullshit - 9780691122946 - 9780691122946
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On Bullshit

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Description for On Bullshit Hardback. Explores how bullshit is distinct from lying. This book argues that bullshitters misrepresent themselves to their audience not as liars do, that is, by deliberately making false claims about what is true. It claims that bullshitters seek to convey a certain impression of themselves without being concerned about whether anything at all is true. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 109 x 11. Weight in Grams: 114.
A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 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 ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691122946
SKU
9780691122946
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About Harry G. Frankfurt
Harry G. Frankfurt is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Princeton University. His books include The Reasons of Love (Princeton), Necessity, Volition, and Love , and The Importance of What We Care About .

Reviews for On Bullshit
Harry G. Frankfurt, 2017 Charles Homer Haskins Prize Lecturer, American Council of Learned Societies A #1 New York Times Bestseller Winner of the 2005 Bestseller Award in Philosophy, The Book Standard [Frankfurt] tries, with the help of Wittgenstein, Pound, St. Augustine and the spy novelist Eric Ambler, among others, to ask some of the preliminary questions
to define the nature ... Read more

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