Calling Bullshit 1.5: The Philosophy of Bullshit (Updated)

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The philosophy of bullshit. How do we define bullshit? Does intention matter? Calling bullshit as a speech act.
Course: INFO 198 / BIOL 106B. University of Washington
Instructors: Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin West
Synopsis: Our world is saturated with bullshit. Learn to detect and defuse it.
The course will be offered as a 1-credit seminar this spring through the Information School at the University of Washington. We aim to expand it to a 3 or 4 credit course for 2017-2018. For those who cannot attend in person, we aim to videotape the lectures this spring and make video clips freely available on the web.
callingbullshit.org
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callinBS
bullsht.course@gmail.com
Information School ischool.uw.edu/
Department of Biology www.biology.washington.edu/
Video edited by Bum Mook Oh
Music by Chris Zabriskie: Prelude No.7
(Audio sync updated from previous version.)

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15 апр 2017

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@arnoldusk 4 года назад

"How do you call bullshit on anything that needs bullshit called upon it?" - What a wonderful lesson to be taught at an university. Classic

@scottlancaster8275 7 лет назад

I would LOVE to teach a class like this on my campus. Well Done!

@yuli7935 7 лет назад

thank you for uploading this. very good.

@axelledu36 7 лет назад

Thanks a lot for this ocurse that can help each of us, wherever we come from!

@WillaLamour 7 лет назад

This is wonderful! Thanks for this!

@elig9401 7 лет назад

This is fantastic work. Makes me very proud to be a UW alum!

@lillimaurer4314 2 года назад

Thank you for this course! You tube is actually one of the places where lots of bullwhip is being spread. This course had actual value and I'm happy to have spend my time on it.

@SchopenhauerVsCamus 3 года назад

Joker🃏: I'd rather be a liar than a bull $hitter. Batman🧛: I'd rather be a bull$hitter than a liar.

@ninjacouch9351 2 года назад

Mental states can certainly be visible. The human face is incredibly expressive and there is an entire science built around it though it isn't a common skill at least at any professional level.

@lindapurcell-taylor870 4 года назад

Do ya think it would be a fascinating information if mythbusyers, credit bureaus, and it's have in common

@havenbastion 2 года назад

It's bullshit to say we each contribute our share of bullshit. Some people cause vastly more than others and some are actively and intentionally bullshit negative.

@TheYuvimon 4 года назад

One think that troubles me is this: I can see myself arguing vigorously about a topic trying to stay as close to the truth as I can, with my understanding of it. But I don't know everything (which I am happily admiting) yet there also might be some unidentified falsehoods in my beliefs. I also think that, in some way I do argue my point to impress other people or rather convince them of my reasonableness. Does that mean I am susceptible to being a "bullshiter" myself? Cause I don't want to do that, but it was said that intent doesn't matter.

@ruthtrentwood3374 4 года назад

Well, that's pretty much every human out there and exactly what makes conversation fun. It's not a bad thing if you're doing it for the sake of conversation. The intention doesn't change the fact that it's bullshit, but it does say a lot about the person spewing the bullshit. It only becomes bad if you are doing it with the intent of hiding the truth, imo.

@icarue993 3 года назад

You are not a "bulshitter" but you are saying "bullshit". The latter can imply that you can change. Identifying that you are BSing is the first step on not BSing. Also be openminded enough to change your POV.

@lemosley01 4 года назад

Old-old-school name for 'bullshit': Rhetoric. Bullshit has been around for a long time.

@butter-cups 7 лет назад

what is that tune that plays in the beginning and the end of these videos?

@ThusIsBrad 10 месяцев назад

"Sandstorm" by Darude

@havenbastion 2 года назад

The correct and appropriate target is bullshitters, not bullshit, for essentially the same reason that we should be worried about shooters, not guns.

@joanmccants7088 2 года назад

Remember This, Bullshit Comes With Retirement. A Relaxed, & Assure State Of Mind.

@DoctorSilica 7 лет назад

What about the rest of the course? Is there any plan to upload it or is it available on-line elsewhere? Thanks for doing this...

@carlbergstrom9071 7 лет назад

We'll be putting the whole course (10 lectures) online over the next couple of months.. The course on-going now and we'll be posting roughly one lecture a week as we finish editing, production, and closed captioning.

@DoctorSilica 7 лет назад

Oh, fantastic! This is a true public service (and it covers my ass for calling bullshit so much on social media, so there's that). Kudos!

@ninjacouch9351 2 года назад

Please tell me you guys don't think words are violence.

@baldbeagle2598 7 лет назад

Not sure if the definition of performative utterances is ok. A guy yells "Fire!" That's both a description (there's fire) and an action (alerting). Performative utterances can be descriptive. As such, they might also be true or false.

@TheNewma225 7 лет назад

I don't think your example fits. "I declare a fire!" would work. If someone said that, your response could be, "Yes, you did just declare that." No truth or falsehood, just a performance. If there was a fire, the performance would jibe with reality. But if there was no fire, then you could look strangely at the person and wonder about their alternative reality... but you can't debate that they just performed those words.

@baldbeagle2598 7 лет назад

What about saying "there's the door" when you're telling someone to get out of your office? That's a description as well as an act (of telling him to get out of the office). The contention that performative utterances can be truth-evaluable is not a new thing, e.g., Sinnott-Armstrong, Reimer, Searle, according to the SEP. Also, see Lying, Misleading, and What is Said by Jennifer Saul.

@baldbeagle2598 7 лет назад

That's too fast. First, Searle certainly thinks that performative utterances have truth-value, according to the very Wiki article you posted. Second, performative utterances can be implicit. See "Lying, Misleading, and What is Said" by Jennifer Saul. Third, what you gave was an assertion, not an argument.

@baldbeagle2598 7 лет назад

Furthermore, the example I provided (i.e., "There's the door") is a classic example used in Philosophy of Language as an instance of what Grice himself considers the "flauting" of his Maxim of Relation. It's part and parcel of Speech Act Theory, which you should read up on on more reputable sites such as SEP.

@cyrushall4334 3 года назад

I find the argument that "I call bullshit" is a performative utterance to be unpersuasive, or, at least, the dichotomy that is seemingly on offer (than something is either a performative utterance or an implication) to be false. Calling BS is an performative act, to be sure, but one that directly implies a descriptive property of what is being discussed: that it is, in some manner, false or disingenuous. That description may or may not be true - one does not simply get to call bullshit like one gets to christen a ship.

@mike1967sam 5 лет назад

A crash course on how to manipulate people for dummies, just call it "bullshit".

@martingreenblat4442 7 лет назад

May I license this and teach it in Brazil? I know a bit premature, but this is so relevant here.

@yesmsg429 7 лет назад

will do. I will presume it is Bullshit and that you left out the í accidentally, or are you being PC :)

@carlbergstrom9071 7 лет назад

No, there is no "i" in the address because gmail doesn't allow curse words in addresses.

@yesmsg429 7 лет назад

I thought that might be the case and was going to use both addresses, but thanks for clarifying. Currently watching 2.3

@HOWBAZARY Год назад

Teach the Trivium learning method. Grammar Logic and Reasoning. Critical thinking skills. Workshops with hands on learning. Speak with your students never at them, encourage thinking outside the box along with spontaneous problem solving skills. The best form for the transfer of information is through Music, Math and Symbolism. Be well.

@shawnlarsen4753 3 года назад

PALAHNIUK: "Your life is a mistake that you'll spend the rest of your life trying to correct."

@ssppeellll 7 лет назад

4:04 -- Mic brought down as requested and ... WOW. What a difference. Sounds great now, guys!

@ig8431 7 лет назад

Hmmm... not sure how to properly translate "I call bullshit" in other languages. It's clearly a performative utterance in English, but how would it be in Spanish, for instance. In my language you could say "I think you're eating shit" or "I think that is shit" or "I declare it shit" but these sound less performative and more like declaring opinions.

@petitio_principii 6 лет назад

The fecal aspect is secondary to the flim-flam and bamboozling.

@k4y23 2 года назад

respect has to be reciprocal. sorry guys

@havenbastion 2 года назад

Requiring people to treat each other with respect is bullshit. Respect cannot be required, it can only be deserved, or not.

@dereksoyousayyournameis Год назад

God

@user-ug2hk3go6i 9 месяцев назад

The speaker took four minutes to acknowledge t irritating interference? Wow.

@gowdsake7103 5 лет назад

You start off by saying OK SO and then try and lecture on bullshit ! funnyyyyyy. To compound that you use the bore by Powerpoint method !

@mornon2394 3 года назад

Your bullshit definition says that the presentation is intended to impress the audience; does that mean you agree with the idea that the presenter's intention is defining of bullshit?