PHILOS 2CT3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Attention Seeking, Harry Frankfurt, On Bullshit
4 Mar 2018
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Democracy and critical thought go hand in hand. Pro crustean" engaging in something to fit a certain notion. Frankfurt on max blacks, the prevalence of humbug": While bullshit, like humbug, does involve misrepresentation, bullshit does not necessarily have to be intentional: humbug, unlike bullshit, seeks (purposely) to give a fake impression of ones beliefs overview: Therefore i know that biological evolution is true beyond any reasonable doubt. If i lie about this say because i think that will make you more likely to contribute to my political or religious cause then i subvert the truth: i am scientifically illiterate. Thus i don"t know if evolutionary theory is true or false. I bullshit about this say because i want you to think that i know what i"m talking about then. In these two cases i think lying is worse than bullshitting because the liar always subverts the truth whereas the bser might inadvertently tell the truth.
