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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Harry_FrankfurtHarry Frankfurt - Wikipedia

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   Harry Gordon Frankfurt (May 29, 1929 – July 16, 2023) was an American philosopher. He was a professor emeritus of philosophy at Princeton University, where he taught from 1990 until 2002. Frankfurt also taught at Yale University, Rockefeller University, and Ohio State University.

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3. www.nytimes.com › harry-g-frankfurt-deadHarry G. Frankfurt, Philosopher With a Surprise Best Seller ...

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   Jul 17, 2023 · July 17, 2023. Harry G. Frankfurt, a philosopher whose fresh ideas about the human will were overshadowed in the broader culture by his analysis of a kind of dishonesty that he found worse than...

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4. www.princeton.edu › news › 2023/08/01Harry Frankfurt, renowned moral philosopher, ‘gentle spirit ...

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   Aug 1, 2023 · Princeton University mourns the loss of its emeritus professor of philosophy, who made major contributions to the study of free will, moral responsibility, truth and love. Frankfurt was also a bestselling author of \"On Bullshit\" and a member of the University Center for Human Values.

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   Who was Harry Gordon Frankfurt?

   • Harry Gordon Frankfurt (May 29, 1929 – July 16, 2023) was an American philosopher. He was a professor emeritus of philosophy at Princeton University, where he taught from 1990 until 2002. Frankfurt also taught at Yale University, Rockefeller University, and Ohio State University .

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   How did Harry Frankfurt die?

   • Harry Frankfurt, professor of philosophy, emeritus, renowned for his scholarship on free will and moral responsibility, died from a number of causes, including congestive heart failure, at a care facility in Santa Monica, California, on July 16. He was 94. Frankfurt joined Princeton’s faculty in 1990 and transferred to emeritus status in 2002.

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   What makes Frankfurt a great philosopher?

   • Frankfurt was a model for colleagues and students, combining a deep commitment to the distinctive rigor of philosophy with a broad intellectual curiosity and a fascination for the complexities of human life that test the limits of the philosopher’s concern for clarity.

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   Why is Professor Frankfurt so famous?

   • Despite the ambition and inventiveness of this project — the philosopher Michael Bratman praised it as “powerful and exciting philosophy” of great “depth and fecundity” — Professor Frankfurt became best known for a single, irreverent paper largely unrelated to his life’s main work.

   Harry G. Frankfurt, Philosopher With a Surprise Best Seller, Dies at 94

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6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › On_BullshitOn Bullshit - Wikipedia

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   On Bullshit is a 2005 book (originally a 1986 essay) by American philosopher Harry G. Frankfurt which presents a theory of bullshit that defines the concept and analyzes the applications of bullshit in the context of communication. Frankfurt determines that bullshit is speech intended to persuade without regard for truth.

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7. philosophy.princeton.edu › harry-gordon-frankfurtHarry Gordon Frankfurt | Philosophy

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   Harry Frankfurt was a renowned philosopher who wrote on free will, moral responsibility, and bullshit. He taught at Rockefeller, Yale, and Princeton, and was known for his clarity and wit.

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9. www.washingtonpost.com › obituaries › 2023/07/18Harry G. Frankfurt, philosopher of free will and the untrue ...

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   Jul 18, 2023 · 5 min. Harry G. Frankfurt, a Princeton University philosopher who wrote primarily on Descartes, free will and moral responsibility but found literary fame with his unexpected bestseller “On...

10. plato.stanford.edu › entries › freewillFree Will - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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    Jan 7, 2002 · In a ground-breaking article, Harry Frankfurt (1969) presented a series of thought experiments intended to show that it is possible that agents are morally responsible for their actions and yet they lack the ability to do otherwise.