burdenon society: humbug vs BS ?

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Max Black's "prevalence of humbug"
http://www.ditext.com/black/humbug.html

Professor Black's work is cited in Harry Frankfurt's "on bullshit"
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0691122946/ from Amazon.
Google books has a preview here. You might just sit in the B&N and read it through - it's not that many pages, just don't spill coffee on it.

Harry was on the Daily Show -

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c

Harry G. Frankfurt

www.thedailyshow.com

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After he published that one he went the other way "On Truth"
http://www.amazon.com/Truth-Harry-G-Frankfurt/dp/B0027IQB7E

Another video from google -

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Saturday, December 12, 2009

humbug vs BS ?

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