Harry Gordon Frankfurt ( May 29 , 1929 ? July 16 , 2023 ) was an American philosopher.

Quotes [ edit ]

The Reasons of Love (2004) [ edit ]

• It is frequently insufficient to identify the motives that guide our conduct, or that shape our attitudes and our thinking, just by observing vaguely that there are various things we want . That often leaves out too much. In numerous contexts, it is both more precise and more fully explanatory to say that there is something we care about .

On Bullshit (2005) [ edit ]

• Our natures are, indeed, elusively insubstantial ? notoriously less stable and less inherent than the natures of other things. And insofar as this is the case, sincerity itself is bullshit.

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