"Did You Bullshit Today?" June 9, 2011

Event Description: For our first meeting in May Phoenix Objectivists will listen to the first part of a two-part pre-recorded lecture by Dr. Shaun Klein entitled: "Did You Bullshit Today?"

Harry Frankfurt's work on human agency and responsibility are staples of academic philosophy. But it is his popular appearances on The Daily Show that have made him one of the best-known living philosophers. In his provocative essay, "On Bullshit", Frankfurt argues that the bullshitter is indifferent to truth and without concern for reality.

Frankfurt's analysis gives us insight into key Objectivist concepts and themes: the primacy of existence, the virtue of honesty, and the second-hander.

Part One of Dr. Klein's lecture will focus on Frankfurt's analysis of bullshit.

Dr. Shawn Klein is a philosophy professor at Rockford College in Rockford, IL. He has an MA and Ph.D in Philosophy from Arizona State University. He co-edited and contributed to the book "Harry Potter and Philosophy" from Open Court Publishing.

**NOTICE: Attendees to this meeting must buy something to eat or drink from the restaurant menu.

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