The Enemy of Truth – Harry Gordon Frankfurt

„The bullshitter is neither on the side of the true or the side of the false. His eye is not on the facts at all. He does not reject the authority of the truth, as the liar does, and oppose himself to it. He pays no attention to it at all. By virtue of this, bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are.“

Harry Gordon FrankfurtHarry Gordon Frankfurt describes bullshit as a greater enemy of truth than lies because bullshit ignores facts.
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Harry Gordon Frankfurt was an American philosopher and professor at Princeton University.

Frankfurt explains why bullshit threatens truth more than lies because it completely disregards facts.


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Quote about truth and bullshit by Harry Gordon Frankfurt

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.

Quote about the difference between a liar and a bullshitter by Harry Gordon FrankfurtCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"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 Frankfurt
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"When it comes to bullshit, big-time, major league bullshit, you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims, religion. No contest. No contest. Religion. Religion easily has the greatest bullshit story ever told. Think about it. Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time! But He loves you. He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money! Religion takes in billions of dollars, they pay no taxes, and they always need a little more. Now, you talk about a good bullshit story. Holy Shit!" George Carlin
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