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All Bullshit And Lies?: Insincerity, Irresponsibility, And The Judgment Of Untruthfulness
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In A Postfactual World In Which Claims Are Often Held To Be True Only To The Extent That They Confirm Preexisting Or Partisan Beliefs, This Book Asks Crucial Questions: How Can We Identify The Many Forms Of Untruthfulness In Discourse? How Can We Know When Their Use Is Ethically Wrong? How Can We Judge Untruthfulness In The Messiness Of Situated Discourse?Drawing On Pragmatics, Philosophy, Psychology, And Law, All Bullshit And Lies? Develops A Comprehensive Framework For Analyzing Untruthful Discourse In Situated Context. Trust, Or Trustrelated Untruthfulness In Situated Text, Sees Untruthfulness As Encompassing Not Only Deliberate Manipulations Of What Is Believed To Be True (The Insincerity Of Withholding, Misleading, And Lying) But Also The Distortions That Arise From An Irresponsible Attitude Towards The Truth (Dogma, Distortion, And Bullshit). Chris Heffer Discusses Times When Truth Is Not In Play, As In Jokes Or Fiction, As Well As Instances When Concealing The Truth Can Achieve A Greater Good. The Trust Framework Demonstrates That Untruthfulness Becomes Unethical In Discourse, Though, When It Unjustifiably Breaches The Trust An Interlocutor Invests In The Speaker.In Addition To The Theoretical Framework, This Book Provides A Clear, Practical Heuristic For Analyzing Discursive Untruthfulness And Applies It To Such Cases Of Public Discourse As The Brexit Battle Bus, Trump'S Tweet About Voter Fraud, Blair And Bush'S Claims About Weapons Of Mass Destruction, And The Multiple Forms Of Untruthfulness Associated With The Skripal Poisoning Case.In All Bullshit And Lies? Chris Heffer Turns A Critical Eye To Fundamental Questions Of Truthfulness And Trust In Our Society. This Timely And Interdisciplinary Investigation Of Discourse Provides Readers A Deeper Theoretical Understanding Of Untruthfulness In A Postfactual World.
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- Q: What is the main theme of 'All Bullshit and Lies?' A: The book explores the concept of untruthfulness in discourse, examining how it manifests and its ethical implications in a postfactual world.
- Q: Who is the author of this book? A: The author is Chris Heffer, who brings insights from various fields such as pragmatics, philosophy, psychology, and law.
- Q: What is the TRUST framework mentioned in the book? A: The TRUST framework stands for Trust-related Untruthfulness in Situated Text, which analyzes untruthfulness in discourse and highlights the ethical breaches that occur when trust is undermined.
- Q: How many pages does 'All Bullshit and Lies?' have? A: The book contains 352 pages.
- Q: What type of binding does this book have? A: The book is available in paperback binding.
- Q: When was 'All Bullshit and Lies?' published? A: The book was published on August 1, 2020.
- Q: What academic categories does this book fall under? A: It primarily falls under the category of Linguistics.
- Q: Does the book provide practical guidance in addition to theoretical concepts? A: Yes, it includes a practical heuristic for analyzing discursive untruthfulness applied to real-world examples.
- Q: What are some examples of public discourse analyzed in the book? A: Examples include the Brexit 'battle bus', Trump's voter fraud tweets, and claims about weapons of mass destruction made by Blair and Bush.
- Q: Is this book suitable for readers outside of academia? A: Yes, the interdisciplinary approach and practical analysis make it accessible to a broader audience interested in truthfulness and ethics in communication.