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TRUTH, LIES, AND BULLSHIT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2018

Jeremiah Joven Joaquin
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Abstract

Bullshit is a prevalent phenomenon in this info-crazy world of ours. With the help of Princeton philosopher Harry Frankfurt, I want to provide a brief philosophical account of this phenomenon, and offer some practical tips to how we could deal with it.

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Research Article
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Think , Volume 17 , Issue 50 , Autumn 2018 , pp. 75 - 83
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 2018 

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Footnotes

This article was developed from a lecture that I delivered at the De La Salle University Philosophy Lecture Series in 2008. Special thanks to Hazel Biana, R. J. Boyles, Mark Dacela, Leni Garcia, Brian Garrett, Dante Leoncini, and Nap Mabaquiao for helpful, non-bullshitty discussions on the topic.