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Author : Harry G. Frankfurt
Release : 1999
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 956/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Necessity, Volition, and Love by : Harry G. Frankfurt
Download or read book Necessity, Volition, and Love written by Harry G. Frankfurt. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays examining foundational metaphysical and epistemological issues concerning Descartes, moral philosophy, and philosophical anthropology.
Author : Harry G. Frankfurt
Release : 2009-01-13
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 063/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Reasons of Love by : Harry G. Frankfurt
Download or read book The Reasons of Love written by Harry G. Frankfurt. This book was released on 2009-01-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller On Bullshit, a profound meditation on how and why we love In The Reasons of Love, leading moral philosopher and bestselling author Harry Frankfurt argues that the key to a fulfilled life is to pursue wholeheartedly what one cares about, that love is the most authoritative form of caring, and that the purest form of love is, in a complicated way, self-love. Through caring, we infuse the world with meaning. Caring provides us with stable ambitions and concerns, and it shapes the framework of aims and interests within which we lead our lives. Love is a nonvoluntary, disinterested concern for the flourishing of what we love—and self-love, as distinct from self-indulgence, is at heart of this concern. The most elementary form of self-love is no more than the desire to love, and self-love is simply a commitment to finding meaning in our lives.
Author : Harry G. Frankfurt
Release : 1988-05-27
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 116/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Importance of What We Care About by : Harry G. Frankfurt
Download or read book The Importance of What We Care About written by Harry G. Frankfurt. This book was released on 1988-05-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of thirteen seminal essays on ethics, free will, and the philosophy of mind, first published in 1988.
Author : Harry Frankfurt
Release : 2006-10-31
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 951/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis On Truth by : Harry Frankfurt
Download or read book On Truth written by Harry Frankfurt. This book was released on 2006-10-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having outlined a theory of bullshit and falsehood, Harry G. Frankfurt turns to what lies beyond them: the truth, a concept not as obvious as some might expect.Our culture's devotion to bullshit may seem much stronger than our apparently halfhearted attachment to truth. Some people (professional thinkers) won't even acknowledge "true" and "false" as meaningful categories, and even those who claim to love truth cause the rest of us to wonder whether they, too, aren't simply full of it. Practically speaking, many of us deploy the truth only when absolutely necessary, often finding alternatives to be more saleable, and yet somehow civilization seems to be muddling along. But where are we headed? Is our fast and easy way with the facts actually crippling us? Or is it "all good"? Really, what's the use of truth, anyway?With the same leavening wit and commonsense wisdom that animates his pathbreaking work On Bullshit, Frankfurt encourages us to take another look at the truth: there may be something there that is perhaps too plain to notice but for which we have a mostly unacknowledged yet deep-seated passion. His book will have sentient beings across America asking, "The truth—why didn't I think of that?"
Author : Harry G. Frankfurt
Release : 2009-01-10
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 535/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis On Bullshit by : Harry G. Frankfurt
Download or read book On Bullshit written by Harry G. Frankfurt. This book was released on 2009-01-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times bestseller Featured on The Daily Show and 60 Minutes The acclaimed book that illuminates our world and its politics by revealing why bullshit is more dangerous than lying One of the most prominent features of our world is that there is so much bullshit. Yet we have no clear understanding of what bullshit is, how it’s distinct from lying, what functions it serves, and what it means. In his acclaimed bestseller On Bullshit, Harry Frankfurt, who was one of the world’s most influential moral philosophers, explores this important subject, which has become a central problem of politics and our world. With his characteristic combination of philosophical acuity, psychological insight, and wry humor, Frankfurt argues that bullshitters misrepresent themselves to their audience not as liars do, that is, by deliberately making false claims about what is true. Rather, bullshitters seek to convey a certain impression of themselves without being concerned about whether anything at all is true. They quietly change the rules governing their end of the conversation so that claims about truth and falsity are irrelevant. Although bullshit can take many innocent forms, excessive indulgence in it can eventually undermine the bullshitter’s capacity to tell the truth in a way that lying does not. Liars at least acknowledge that the truth matters. Because of this, bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are. Remarkably prescient and insightful, On Bullshit is a small book that explains a great deal about our time.
