Our Vision and our Mission: Bullshit, Assertion and Belief

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dc.contributor.authorKotzee, Ben
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-02T10:51:07Z
dc.date.available2018-03-02T10:51:07Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.date.updated2016-01-15T09:50:15Z
dc.description.abstract'Bullshit'', as Harry Frankfurt writes in his recent book, On Bullshit, is a communication that pretends to be genuinely informative, but really is not. The person who talks bullshit, Frankfurt holds, is unconcerned with whether what he says is true, but is very concerned with how he is thought of by the listener. In this paper, I discuss Frankfurt's theory of bullshit, making specific reference to the requirement for deceptive intent on the part of the bullshitter, and to whether bullshitting must involve conscious dishonesty. Some choice examples of bullshit are nosed and the question of whether Frankfurt really has it in for postmodernism is addressed.
dc.identifier.apacitationKotzee, B. (2007). Our Vision and our Mission: Bullshit, Assertion and Belief. <i>South African Journal of Philosophy</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27622en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKotzee, Ben "Our Vision and our Mission: Bullshit, Assertion and Belief." <i>South African Journal of Philosophy</i> (2007) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27622en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKotzee, B. (2007). Our vision and our mission: Bullshit, assertion and belief. South African Journal of Philosophy= Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Wysbegeerte, 26(2), 164-175.
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Kotzee, Ben AB - 'Bullshit'', as Harry Frankfurt writes in his recent book, On Bullshit, is a communication that pretends to be genuinely informative, but really is not. The person who talks bullshit, Frankfurt holds, is unconcerned with whether what he says is true, but is very concerned with how he is thought of by the listener. In this paper, I discuss Frankfurt's theory of bullshit, making specific reference to the requirement for deceptive intent on the part of the bullshitter, and to whether bullshitting must involve conscious dishonesty. Some choice examples of bullshit are nosed and the question of whether Frankfurt really has it in for postmodernism is addressed. DA - 2007 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Journal of Philosophy LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2007 T1 - Our Vision and our Mission: Bullshit, Assertion and Belief TI - Our Vision and our Mission: Bullshit, Assertion and Belief UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27622 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/27622
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKotzee B. Our Vision and our Mission: Bullshit, Assertion and Belief. South African Journal of Philosophy. 2007; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27622.en_ZA
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Philosophyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
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dc.sourceSouth African Journal of Philosophy
dc.source.urihttp://philosophy.mandela.ac.za/SAJP-(South-African-Journal-of-Philosophy)
dc.titleOur Vision and our Mission: Bullshit, Assertion and Belief
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