[HN Gopher] Harry G. Frankfurt, Philosopher with a Surprise Best...
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       Harry G. Frankfurt, Philosopher with a Surprise Best Seller, Dies
       at 94
        
       Author : dredmorbius
       Score  : 41 points
       Date   : 2023-07-17 20:20 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | qntty wrote:
       | He's remembered for On Bullshit but I always remember him for
       | this lecture which had a big impact on my several years ago
       | https://tannerlectures.utah.edu/_resources/documents/a-to-z/...
        
       | loganfrederick wrote:
       | I took a philosophy class my freshman year of undergrad where we
       | read his book "On Bullshit". Very memorable experience that made
       | it clear (especially to a young person) that philosophy could be
       | fun, enlightening, written in understandable language, and about
       | "anything" without pretension. It's been years since I last read
       | it and am still inclined to recommend his work based on the
       | positive experience I had. Sad to hear this news.
       | 
       | https://www2.csudh.edu/ccauthen/576f12/frankfurt__harry_-_on...
        
       | toomuchtodo wrote:
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Frankfurt
        
       | anigbrowl wrote:
       | More scholars should write in his vein. Academics who write
       | exclusively for other academics (especially in more abstract
       | disciplines like philosophy) often seem more interested in
       | winning arguments about the right way to split hairs than
       | providing their readers with anything useful (even at the risk of
       | being found wrong later). There's a style of moral philosophy
       | that dresses itself in the inevitability of mathematics or pure
       | logic while constructing soaring theoretical edifices on bog-like
       | foundations.
        
         | lordleft wrote:
         | This is what much of Greco-Roman philosophy, in the Socratic
         | vein, focused on: practical philosophy exploring how we ought
         | to live
        
       | Pixie_Dust wrote:
       | "On Bullshit" Harry G. Frankfurt
       | 
       | https://archive.is/5igKo
        
       | JDEW wrote:
       | https://archive.is/F8cZI
        
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