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GA Cohen wrote "Deeper into Bullshit" as a sort-of reply to Frankfurt, which drew attention to what I find the more interesting kind of bullshit, namely pseudo-
by jeffmcmahan 6y ago
GA Cohen wrote "Deeper into Bullshit" as a sort-of reply to Frankfurt, which drew attention to what I find the more interesting kind of bullshit, namely pseudo-academic and/or pseudo-technical bullshit. This, Cohen sensitively observes, is always found to have the property of "unclarifiability" - which is just exactly on the money. Very much worth the read. Frankfurt published a reply to it, as well, as I recall.
http://www.professorsapp.com/cohen--further-into-bullshi.pdf http://www.professorsapp.com/cohen--further-into-bullshi.pdf
- jessriedel 6y agoThanks! Here is a longer/complete version of Cohen's article, along with Frankfurt's reply. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/592b5bbfd482e9898c67fd98/t/5cf95d58f9fec1000139c9d6/1559846232847/deeperintobullshit.pdf https://static1.squarespace.com/static/592b5bbfd482e9898c67f...