Bullshit, Pseudoscience and Pseudophilosophy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20143152 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Victor Moberger (0000-0001-7842-0900, Stockholm University Sweden, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 595-611 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theoria (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-5825 • E-ISSN: 1755-2567 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/theo.12271 |
| OpenAlex | W3080868409 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 7 |
In this article I give a unified account of three phenomena: bullshit , pseudoscience and pseudophilosophy . My aims are partly conceptual, partly evaluative. Drawing on Harry Frankfurt's seminal analysis of bullshit, I give an account of the three phenomena and of how they are related, and I use this account to explain what is bad about all three. More specifically, I argue that what is defective about pseudoscience and pseudophilosophy is precisely that they are special cases of bullshit. Apart from raising interesting philosophical issues, gaining a clearer understanding of these phenomena is also of practical importance, in that it bears on how best to tackle the threat that they pose
Epistemology · Pseudoscience · Raising (metalworking) · Sociology · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Mathematics · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Philosophy · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
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On bullshit and lies
How Well‐Defined Is Pseudophilosophy
How Obscurantism Differs from Bullshit
Why homoeopathy is pseudoscience
Freud, bullshit, and pseudoscience
Why not everyone can afford to be a bullshitter
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |