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   978-0691122946. 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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   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...

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   • The James Madison Program joins the University in mourning the death of Harry G. Frankfurt, professor emeritus of philosophy at Princeton, who died in California at age 94 on July 16, 2023. Robert P. George, Director of the Madison Program, paid tribute to Professor Frankfurt as “that rarest of things in academia or anywhere else: a genuinely in...

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   Who was Harry Gordon Frankfurt?

   • Harry Gordon Frankfurt, who has died at the age of 94, was born David Bernard Stern in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, in May 1929. Shortly afterwards, in circumstances that always remained murky to him, he was adopted by Nathan and Bertha Frankfurt, who renamed him. He was their only child.

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   What books did Harry Frankfurt write?

   • Harry Frankfurt was a member of the Department of Philosophy 1990-2002. His books include Demons, dreamers, and madmen ;: The defense of reason in Descartes's Meditations; The Importance of What We Care About; Necessity, Volition, and Love; The Reasons of Love; On Bullshit ; and On Truth.

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   Was professor Frankfurt a true philosopher?

   • He was a true philosopher: a lover—and seeker—of wisdom.” Professor Frankfurt made major contributions to philosophy in a number of areas. Perhaps his most celebrated work among professional philosophers was on the problem of free will and responsibility.

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

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   Harry Gordon Frankfurt was born David Bernard Stern on May 29, 1929 at a home for unwed mothers in Langhorne, PA. Raised in Brooklyn and Baltimore by his adoptive parents, Bertha Frankfurt, a piano teacher, and Nathan Frankfurt, a bookkeeper, he received his BA from Johns Hopkins in 1949, after which he spent two years at Cornell before return...

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   Jul 18, 2023 · In Memoriam: Harry G. Frankfurt. July 18, 2023. The James Madison Program joins the University in mourning the death of Harry G. Frankfurt, professor emeritus of philosophy at Princeton, who died in California at age 94 on July 16, 2023.

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   Jul 22, 2023 · Harry Gordon Frankfurt, who has died at the age of 94, was born David Bernard Stern in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, in May 1929. Shortly afterwards, in circumstances that always remained murky to...

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   Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus. fraharg@Princeton.edu. Harry Frankfurt was a member of the Department of Philosophy 1990-2002. His books include Demons, dreamers, and madmen ;: The defense of reason in Descartes's Meditations; The Importance of What We Care About; Necessity, Volition, and Love; The Reasons of Love; On Bullshit ; and On Truth.

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   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 lying — an analysis presented in a bluntly titled surprise best seller, “On Bullshit” — died on Sunday in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 94.