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A little BS might go a long way

On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt

July 11, 2024 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

The late Princeton University philosopher Harry G. Frankfurt might just be best known, when he’s known, for a little book titled On Bullshit. When I say little, I mean the library copy I currently have on my desk measures roughly 4×6 inches, and is a bit under 1 cm thick. 20oz mug included for size reference. I’d heard of this book before at an academic conference when a former classmate of mine used it to consider whether or not the Roman politician Cicero’s works fell […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Harry Frankfurt, Harry G. Frankfurt, On Bullshit, Philosophy, rhetoric

CoffeeShopReader's CBR16 Review No:40 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Harry Frankfurt, Harry G. Frankfurt, On Bullshit, Philosophy, rhetoric ·
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I made up this review but I did not lie

On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt

May 12, 2020 by jormis Leave a Comment

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 this situation for granted. Harry G. Frankfurt starts the book with that observation. One of the reasons to grab this essay is the damage – literal and growingly, physical – that Trump & henchmen, Boris Johnson, and several other politician seem to spout nowadays. Ours is the true zeitgeist of liars and bullshitters; the snake […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Harry G. Frankfurt

jormis's CBR12 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Harry G. Frankfurt ·
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