High-Minded Bullshit

Bullshit and Philosophy

by Various

Open Court

25 October 2006, 288 pages, $17.95

[8 May 2007]

by George Reisch and Gary L. Hardcastle

Philosophy itself is often regarded as part and parcel with the bullshit of popular culture. But it is philosophers who been trying to determine exactly what bullshit is and how it works its magic.

Reprinted by permission of Open Court Publishing Company, from Bullshit and Philosophy: Guaranteed to Get Perfect Results Every Time, © 2006 by Carus Publishing Company.

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