Bullshit and Philosophy:
Guaranteed to Get Perfect Results Every Time
edited by Gary L. Hardcastle and George A. Reisch
2006
Contents
On Bullshitmania
GEORGE A. REISCH AND GARY L. HARDCASTLE
I To Shoot the Bull? Rethinking and Responding to Bullshit
On Letting It Slide
SCOTT KIMBROUGH
A Defense of Common Sense
CONSUELO PRETI
The Pragmatics of Bullshit, Intelligently Designed
GEORGE A. REISCH
Bullshit and the Foibles of the Human Mind, or: What the Masters of the Dark Arts Know
KENNETH A. TAYLOR
Bullshit and Personality
SARA BERNAL
Performing Bullshit and the Post-Sincere Condition
ALAN RICHARDSON
The Importance of Being Earnest: A Pragmatic Approach to Bullshitting
CORNELIS DE WAAL
II. The Bull by the Horns: Defining Bullshit
Deeper into Bullshit
G.A. COHEN
The Unity of Bullshit
GARY L. HARDCASTLE
Raising the Tone: Definition, Bullshit, and the Definition of Bullshit
ANDREW ABERDEIN
Different Kinds and Aspects of Bullshit
HANS MAES and KATRIEN SCHAUBROECK
III. It's All Around Us: Bullshit in Politics, Science, Education, and the Law
The Republic of Bullshit, Or: Were Plato, Strauss and Those Guys Right All Along?
MARK EVANS
Political Bullshit and the Stoic Story of Self
VANESSA NEUMANN
Bullshit at the Interface of Science and Policy: Global Warming, Toxic Substances, and Other Pesky Problems
HEATHER DOUGLAS
Rhetoric Is Not Bullshit
DAVID J. TIETGE
Just Bullshit
STEVE FULLER
Our Distinguished Panel of Incomparable Geniuses
Our Index, Exquisitely Crafted for Your Illumination