On Bullshit!!! However studiously the bullshitter proceeds says Frankfurt, it remains true that he is also trying to get away with something (Frankfurt 2005: 23). A ‘fundamental aspect of the essential nature of bullshit’ is that although it is produced without concern with the truth, it need not be false. The bullshitter is faking things. But this does not mean that he necessarily gets them wrong. (Frankfurt, 2005: pp. 47–48) This indicates what distinguishes bullshit from lying. ‘Since bullshit need not be false’, according to Frankfurt, it differs from lies in its misrepresentation intent (Frankfurt 2005: p. 54). The essential difference between the bullshitter and the liar is that the latter is intent on communicating something false as if it is true, whereas the former is indifferent to whether what he communicates is true or false. It is this very lack of concern, and a general failure to assume responsibility for the (in)correctness of one’s statements, that characterizes bullshit #Bullsthit!
Posted on: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 10:18:28 +0000
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