On Bullshit by Harry Frankfurt

Today in class, we explained and discussed Harry G. Frankfurt's book, On Bullshit. Frankfurt talks about a different kind of "bullshit" that is not associated with the slang definition of unfair, but instead the "bullshit" that Frankfurt mentions in his book is information or something presented that is given with no effort and made up, but not necessarily a lie or fake. The reason why Frankfurt describes this concept is because some people misinterpret the idea of "bullshit". When people are giving "bullshit", they are for the most part saying something that has no proof or credential of being true, but the things that people say as "bullshit" could still possibly be true.

For example, if an essay is due in about an hour and that person has not even started on it, then the person writing the essay will most likely "bullshit" their essay. In doing so, he will be writing things that first come into his mind and try to make the essay sound true and intellectual based on his own prior knowledge of the topic; his lack of time causes him to have to give his poorest effort and time into the essay, but based on his prior knowledge of the topic, he could possibly be saying and explaining certain ideas that actually are logical and true.