Phil 140 - Knowledge and Society

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Week 1 — Bullshit

 

Monday, June 20th - Introduction

 

Tuesday, June 21st - Harry Frankfurt, “On Bullshit”

 

Wednesday, June 22nd - Hans Maes and Katerin Schaubroeck, “Different Kinds and Aspects of Bullshit”

 

Thursday, June 23rd - Kenneth A. Taylor, “Bullshit and the Foibles of the Human Mind, or what the Masters of the Dark Arts Know”

 

Friday, June 24th - Heather Douglas, “Bullshit at the Interface of Science and Policy: Global Warming, Toxic Substances, and Other Pesky Problems”