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All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. My discussion suggests that bullshit is not capturable by a simple formula and that, although illuminating. Harry frankfurt on bullshit and lying reason and meaning. The contemporary proliferation of bullshit also has deeper sources, in various forms of skepticism which deny that we can have any reliable access to an objective reality and which therefore reject the possibility of knowing how things truly are. Jun 15, 2016 harry frankfurt is an american philosopher and author of the new york times best seller on bullshit. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Frankfurt which presents a theory of bullshit that defines the concept and analyzes the applications of bullshit in the context of communication. One of the most salient features of our culture is that. Although first conceived as an essay over 30 years ago, his theory on bullshit is more. Frankfurt determines that bullshit is speech intended to persuade without regard for truth.
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