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发表于2025-01-23
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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 the situation for granted. Most people are rather confident of their ability to recognize bullshit and to avoid being taken in by it. So the phenomenon has not aroused much deliberate concern. We have no clear understanding of what bullshit is, why there is so much of it, or what functions it serves. And we lack a conscientiously developed appreciation of what it means to us. In other words, as Harry Frankfurt writes, "we have no theory."
Frankfurt, one of the world's most influential moral philosophers, attempts to build such a theory here. With his characteristic combination of philosophical acuity, psychological insight, and wry humor, Frankfurt proceeds by exploring how bullshit and the related concept of humbug are distinct from lying. He argues that bullshitters misrepresent themselves to their audience not as liars do, that is, by deliberately making false claims about what is true. In fact, bullshit need not be untrue at all.
Rather, bullshitters seek to convey a certain impression of themselves without being concerned about whether anything at all is true. They quietly change the rules governing their end of the conversation so that claims about truth and falsity are irrelevant. Frankfurt concludes that although bullshit can take many innocent forms, excessive indulgence in it can eventually undermine the practitioner's capacity to tell the truth in a way that lying does not. Liars at least acknowledge that it matters what is true. By virtue of this, Frankfurt writes, bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are.
Harry G. Frankfurt is a professor of philosophy emeritus at Princeton University. His books include The Reasons of Love; Necessity, Volition, and Love; and The Importance of What We Care About. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.
从Max Black与Wittgenstein出发区分若干概念。
评分Holy crap, can't get the point.
评分hahahahha,全书就是最鲜活的一个例子说明什么叫bullshit!!! 不过真是太黑色了,这书居然是畅销书!!!我还以为只有苦逼paper党才会care。
评分sincerity itself is bullshit
评分Interesting points on bullshit. Great methodology guide on how to unravel a concept as a research topic. [CRM 8102 Course reading]
我喜欢没事扯淡。 扯淡不是说谎,主要是为了打发无聊的时间或者增进友情等等各种目的。 扯淡本身不是目的,只是一种轻松的手段。 我们又不是做科研,不必事事较真,否则生活还有什么乐趣。 不准吹牛扯淡的社会是残酷的。 没有吹过牛扯过蛋的人生是不完整的。 分不清扯淡和真实...
评分Mr. Frankfurt starts his book, On Bullshit, with the following statement: “One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit.” He then proceeds to develop a theoretical understanding of what is bullshit, and what is not...
评分112页,前言两篇,趣读两篇,行间距疏可跑马,开本787×1092mm,横竖放不进正常的书丛里面去,从印刷的角度讲,可真是浪费了纸张。好在内容尚可一观,对扯淡,有一些非常有趣的论述。不过,通篇读下来,将扯淡与放屁、狗屁、瞎扯、胡扯等词之间的差异未能讲清楚,比较遗憾...
评分我喜欢没事扯淡。 扯淡不是说谎,主要是为了打发无聊的时间或者增进友情等等各种目的。 扯淡本身不是目的,只是一种轻松的手段。 我们又不是做科研,不必事事较真,否则生活还有什么乐趣。 不准吹牛扯淡的社会是残酷的。 没有吹过牛扯过蛋的人生是不完整的。 分不清扯淡和真实...
评分Mr. Frankfurt starts his book, On Bullshit, with the following statement: “One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit.” He then proceeds to develop a theoretical understanding of what is bullshit, and what is not...
On bullshit pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2025