?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Our+Vision+and+our+Mission%3A+Bullshit%2C+Assertion+and+Belief&rft.creator=Kotzee%2C+Ben&rft.subject=Postprints&rft.description=%E2%80%9CBullshit%E2%80%9D%2C+as+Harry+Frankfurt+writes+in+his+recent+book%2C+On+Bullshit%2C+is+a+communication+that+pretends+to+be+genuinely+informative%2C+but+really+is+not.+The+person+who+talks+bullshit%2C+Frankfurt+holds%2C+is+unconcerned+with+whether%0D%0Awhat+he+says+is+true%2C+but+is+very+concerned+with+how+he+is+thought+of+by+the+listener.+In+this+paper%2C+I+discuss+Frankfurt's+theory+of+bullshit%2C+making+specific%0D%0Areference+to+the+requirement+for+deceptive+intent+on+the+part+of+the+bullshitter%2C+and+to+whether+bullshitting+must+involve+conscious+dishonesty.+Some+choice+examples+of+bullshit+are+nosed+and+the+question+of+whether+Frankfurt+really+has+it+in+for+postmodernism+is+addressed.&rft.date=2007&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5802%2F1%2FKotzee.pdf&rft.identifier=++Kotzee%2C+Ben++(2007)+Our+Vision+and+our+Mission%3A+Bullshit%2C+Assertion+and+Belief.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5802%2F