Frankfurt at the American Council of Learned Societies 2017 annual meeting
Born
David Bernard Stern
(1929-05-29)May 29, 1929
Langhorne, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died
July 16, 2023(2023-07-16) (aged 94)
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Other names
Harry Gordon Frankfurt
Education
Johns Hopkins University (BA, PhD)
Era
Contemporary philosophy
Region
Western philosophy
School
Analytic
Main interests
Moral philosophy
philosophy of mind
free will
philosophy of love
philosophy of action
Notable ideas
Higher-order volition
Frankfurt cases
theory of bullshit
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Harry Gordon Frankfurt (May 29, 1929 – July 16, 2023) was an American philosopher. He was a professor emeritus of philosophy at Princeton University, where he taught from 1990 until 2002. Frankfurt also taught at Yale University, Rockefeller University, and Ohio State University.
Frankfurt made significant contributions to fields like ethics and philosophy of mind. The attitude of caring played a central role in his philosophy. To care about something means to see it as important and reflects the person's character. According to Frankfurt, a person is someone who has second-order volitions or who cares about what desires he or she has. He contrasts persons with wantons. Wantons are beings that have desires but do not care about which of their desires is translated into action. In the field of ethics, Frankfurt gave various influential counterexamples, so-called Frankfurt cases, against the principle that moral responsibility depends on the ability to do otherwise. His most popular book is On Bullshit, which discusses the distinction between bullshitting and lying.
Harry Gordon Frankfurt (May 29, 1929 – July 16, 2023) was an American philosopher. He was a professor emeritus of philosophy at Princeton University, where...
Frankfurt cases (also known as Frankfurt counterexamples or Frankfurt-style cases) were presented by philosopher HarryFrankfurt in 1969 as counterexamples...
is a 2005 book (originally a 1986 essay) by American philosopher Harry G. Frankfurt which presents a theory of bullshit that defines the concept and analyzes...
philosopher HarryFrankfurt of Princeton University characterizes bullshit as a form of falsehood distinct from lying. The liar, Frankfurt holds, knows...
On Truth is a 2006 book by HarryFrankfurt, a follow-up to his 2005 book On Bullshit. It develops the argument that people should care about truth, regardless...
coined by John Martin Fischer. Prominent semicompatibilists include HarryFrankfurt. Criticisms of this view include the principle of alternative possibilities...
Hobbes, and John Stuart Mill. Importantly, HarryFrankfurt popularized what are now known as Frankfurt counterexamples to argue against incompatibilism...
"bullshit" in philosophy. In his 1986 essay, Princeton philosopher HarryFrankfurt turned the word "bullshit" into an official philosophical term when...
important to the extent that it affects someone's well-being. According to HarryFrankfurt, this can be understood in terms of needs: a thing becomes important...
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consent elements (decision and authorization). Some philosophers such as HarryFrankfurt consider Beauchamp and Childress criteria insufficient. They claim...
the charge of circularity is developed by HarryFrankfurt in his book Demons, Dreamers, and Madmen. Frankfurt suggests that Descartes's arguments for the...
moral and legal status. An influential theory of persons is due to HarryFrankfurt. He defines persons in terms of higher-order desires. Many of the desires...
"pseudo-task" as it is self-contradictory and inherently nonsense. HarryFrankfurt—following from Descartes—has responded to this solution with a proposal...
and theatre manager. He was general manager of the Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt from 1951 and 1967, where he was responsible for opera and plays, and...
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tell Harry, as she wants to spend some more time with him and is falling in love with him as well. The next day, Harry and Sejal fly to Frankfurt for the...
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