On Bullshit
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781282158894 (1282158899)
Publish date: January 10th 2009
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Pages no: 80
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Humor,
Writing,
Essays,
Comedy,
Humanities,
Language,
Literature,
American,
Politics,
Philosophy,
Sociology,
Psychology
"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." In “On Bullshit” by Harry G. Frankfurt "’a person who undertakes to bullshit his way through has much more freedom. His focus is panoramic rather than parti...
I agree with the author that there is a difference between bullshit and lying, and that bullshit is in some ways more harmful. There isn’t a better or more expressive word for it, and he analyzes the effectiveness of this word’s imagery well. One reason I wanted to read this book is because my colle...
De l'humour pinçant en plein dedans, agissant tant en tant qu'éclairement quant au phénomène du bullshit qui se répand de plus en plus dans notre société actuelle qu'en tant que pure bullshit s'auto-démontrant. Assez pinçant, définissant la frontière très fine entre l'art de dire des conneries et le...
Gotta admit that I felt like I was reading a BS article on Bullshit. It was a nice play as the author presented the many faces of BS, but at the end I felt like I had been played with BS.
A liar deliberately attempts to deceive another person regarding a factual matter. A bullshitter makes statements with complete disregard to the truth or falsity of the statement, sometimes with perfect sincerity. For this reason politics and religion will always be the twin colossal mountains of ...
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