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Knowledge, Truth, and Bullshit: Reflections on Frankfurt
In Felicia Ackerman (ed.), Midwest Studies in Philosophy. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. pp. 94–110 (1981)
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This chapter contains sections titled: Frankfurt's Meno Challenge Reliabilist Solutions Frankfurt's Puzzle about Bullshit A Social Epistemology Perspective References.Author's Profile
knowledge, truth, and bullshit: reflections on Frankfurt Frankfurt's meno challenge – knowledge is instrumentally more valuable than true belief in general reliabilist solutions –suggesting violation of one or more of empirical regularities Frankfurt's puzzle about bullshit – contrasts bullshit with truth telling a social epistemology perspective “joy” – “that passion by which the … [individual] passes to a greater perfection” true belief – instrumental value virtue of reliable acquisition – indicates the quality of the thing produced bullshitter – systematically influenced by ulterior motives
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