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On Bullshit
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On Bullshit (1986), by philosopher Harry G. Frankfurt, is a philosophy essay tha
t presents a theory of bullshit that defines the concept and analyses the applic
ations of bullshit in the contexts of communication. It was first published in a
journal in 1986,[1] but only became well known when republished as a booklet in
2005.[2]
Contents
1 Argument
2 Publication history
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
Argument
Frankfurt argues that bullshit either can be true or can be false; hence, the bu
llshitter is a man or a woman whose principal aim when uttering or publishing bull
shit is to impress the listener and the reader with words that communicate an impr
ession favorable to the speaker, with no concern for the truth of what they're s
aying. Likewise, the bullshitter is not concerned with consistency between what
they're saying at the moment, and anything they've previously said. Consequently
, "the bullshitter is faking things, but that does not necessarily mean he gets
them wrong."[2] He simply doesn't care. In contrast, the liar must know the trut
h of the matter under discussion in order to better conceal it from the listener
or the reader being deceived with a lie, while the bullshitters sole concern is pe
rsonal advancement and advantage to his or her agenda. Bullshit thus is a greate
r enemy of the truth than are lies.[2]
Publication history
Harry Frankfurt originally published the essay On Bullshit in the Raritan Quarterly Re
view journal in 1986. Nineteen years later, the essay was published as the book
On Bullshit (2005), which proved popular among layman readers, and sold well for
a non-fiction title about the philosophic problem of communications that is bul
lshit; the book appeared for twenty-seven weeks in the New York Times Best Selle
r list.[3] In the event, On Bullshit (2005) was the foundation for the analogous
follow-up book On Truth (2006), also written by H.G. Frankfurt.
"On Bullshit." Raritan Quarterly Review 6, no. 2 (Fall 1986).[4]
"On Bullshit." The Importance of What We Care About: Philosophical Essays. C
ambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. ISBN 0-521-33324-5 (hardback), ISBN
0-521-33611-2 (paperback).
On Bullshit. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-691-1
2294-6.
See also
Truthiness
References
Frankfurt, Harry G (1986) "On Bullshit" Raritan Quarterly Review, 6 (2): 81100.
Frankfurt, Harry G (2005) On Bullshit Princeton University Press. ISBN 97814
00826537.
Wallace, Niamh (2005-10-11), On College, Bullshit, and Love, UWM Post, retri
eved 2008-08-11
Back issue contents, Raritan Quarterly Review. Accessed 15 November 2009.
External links
Pfeifer, Karl. Review of On Bullshit, Dialogue 45 (June 2006), pp. 617620.
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