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==About==
 
==About==
[[Bullshit]] is a form of [[antiepistemics]] that is less focused on creating any particular set of beliefs than it is on sounding credible while filling some minimum length requirement (whether explicit or implicit).
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[[Bullshit]] is a form of [[antiepistemics]] that devalues accuracy in favor of surface credibility in the service of some strategic goal (be that the creation of an academic essay or advocacy of a cause).
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==Inlinks==
 
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* ''[[Bullshit!]]'' : a documentary television show debunking various examples of the title
 
* ''[[Bullshit!]]'' : a documentary television show debunking various examples of the title
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* {{!in|conservapedia}}: page has been deleted multiple times – including twice by [[Andrew Schlafly|Aschlafly]] for being a "liberal entry"
 
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===Books===
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* ''[[On Bullshit]]'', 2005: Harry G. Frankfurt; Princeton University Press
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** [https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691122946/on-bullshit press release]
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* '''2015-08-28''' [http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=20963 More BS from George F. Will]
 
* '''2015-08-28''' [http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=20963 More BS from George F. Will]

Latest revision as of 00:09, 25 December 2022

About

Bullshit is a form of antiepistemics that devalues accuracy in favor of surface credibility in the service of some strategic goal (be that the creation of an academic essay or advocacy of a cause).

Inlinks

  • Bullshit! : a documentary television show debunking various examples of the title

Outlinks

Reference

Books

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