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Bullshit, Pseudoscience and Pseudophilosophy
Stockholm University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Philosophy.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7842-0900
2020 (English)In: Theoria, ISSN 0040-5825, E-ISSN 1755-2567, Vol. 86, p. 595-611Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In this article I give a unified account of three phenomena: bullshit, pseudoscience and pseudophilosophy. My aims are partly conceptual, partly evaluative. Drawing on Harry Frankfurt's seminal analysis of bullshit, I give an account of the three phenomena and of how they are related, and I use this account to explain what is bad about all three. More specifically, I argue that what is defective about pseudoscience and pseudophilosophy is precisely that they are special cases of bullshit. Apart from raising interesting philosophical issues, gaining a clearer understanding of these phenomena is also of practical importance, in that it bears on how best to tackle the threat that they pose.

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2020. Vol. 86, p. 595-611
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bullshit, pseudoscience, pseudophilosophy, Harry Frankfurt
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Philosophy
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Philosophy
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-184298DOI: 10.1111/theo.12271ISI: 000562405200001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-184298DiVA, id: diva2:1460644
Available from: 2020-08-24 Created: 2020-08-24 Last updated: 2022-02-25Bibliographically approved

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