Harry Gordon Frankfurt on Liar and Bullshitter

„The fact about himself that the liar hides is that he is attempting to lead us away from a correct apprehension of reality; we are not to know that he wants us to believe something he supposes to be false. The fact about himself that the bullshitter hides, on the other hand, is that the truth-values of his statements are of no central interest to him . . . He does not care whether the things he says describe reality correctly. He just picks them out, or makes them up, to suit his purpose.“

Harry Gordon FrankfurtHarry G. Frankfurt distinguishes liar and bullshitter: the liar obscures reality, the bullshitter ignores truth.

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Harry Gordon Frankfurt was an American philosopher and professor at Princeton University.

A concise comparison between liar and bullshitter, highlighting the significance of truth and intention.

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Harry Gordon Frankfurt was an American philosopher who taught at Princeton University. His research focused on ethics, philosophy of mind, action theory, and 17th-century philosophy. He is regarded as an important thinker in these fields.