Deeper into Argumentative Bullshit

Mukerji, Nikil und Mannino, Adriano (2022): Deeper into Argumentative Bullshit. In: Informal Logic, Bd. 42, Nr. 2: S. 439-470

Abstract

In a recent paper, Jos?? ??ngel Gasc??n extends the Frankfurtian notion of bullshit to the sphere of argumentation. On Frankfurt???s view, the hallmark of bullshit is a lack of concern for the truth of an utterance on the part of the bullshitter. Similarly, Gasc??n argues, the hallmark of argumentative bullshit should be viewed as a lack of concern for whether the reasons that are adduced for a claim genuinely support that claim. Gasc??n deserves credit for drawing attention to the idea of argumentative bullshit. Nevertheless, we argue, his treatment leaves room for further refinement as he fails to clarify important points and misidentifies several features of argumentative bullshit. In particular, Gasc??n???s account fails to accommodate non-Frankfurtian forms of argumentative bullshit. This paper aims to amend and extend his proposal and proposes a general account that can encompass both Frankfurtian and non-Frank-furtian forms of argumentative bullshit.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Philosophie, Wissenschaftstheorie und Religionswissenschaft
• Themengebiete: 100 Philosophie und Psychologie > 100 Philosophie
• ISSN: 0824-2577
• Sprache: Englisch