Harry G Frankfurt: 7 books

One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted. Most people are rather confident of their ability to recognize bullshit and to avoid being taken in by it. So the...

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)...

This beautifully written book by one of the world's leading moral philosophers 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. Harry...

In this classic work, best-selling author Harry Frankfurt provides a compelling analysis of the question that not only lies at the heart of Descartes's Meditations, but also constitutes the central preoccupation of modern philosophy: on what basis can reason claim to provide any justification for...

Economic inequality is one of the most divisive issues of our time. Yet few would argue that inequality is a greater evil than poverty. The poor suffer because they don't have enough, not because others have more, and some have far too much. So why do many people appear to be more distressed by the...

「放屁遠比說謊更嚴重，是『真實』的更大敵人。」 ──哈里‧法蘭克福 （Harry G. Frankfurt） 美國哲學家，普林斯頓大學道德哲學榮譽教授──哈里．法蘭克福精巧之作 國內知名評論家──南方朔精心翻譯 帶領讀者看穿現今種種”放屁”現象 「說屁話者可能只是認為，和說謊比起來，放屁更容易逃避人們的指責。」 所以當前社會屁話滿天飛，充斥在日常生活當中，對此我們必須認識它、戮破它。 是否曾經看著一個人自信滿滿、口沫橫飛地進行一段演說，你卻開始神遊，注意力無法集中，因為你從頭到尾都搞不清楚他的重點是什麼？或者是反覆聽了幾次後，雖然說不出哪裡怪，但好像又有點能說服人、有點道理？小心，你可能中了高階的「放屁」幻術。 說屁話是有罪的嗎？人在什麼情況下會說屁話？有時候可能是因為情勢所迫、或為了博眼球，在某個全然無知的領域中說出了屁話；身處在自媒體發達的現今，人人皆有話語權，究竟誰的話真有道理、而誰的話又只是在講屁話？ 《放屁！名利雙收的詭話》這本書希望讀者可以先抑制自己對說屁話者怒吼「kóng...

Harry G. Franfurt’un Türkçede basılı ilk metni olan “Boktanlık Üzerine” yurtdışı birçok ülkede çok okunanlar listesine girdiği gibi ülkemizde de ilk baskısıyla birlikte hatırı sayılır ilgi gördü ve kısa sürede baskısı tükendi. Bir taraftan LaPorte’nin dil...