All Bullshit and Lies?: Insincerity, Irresponsibility, and the Judgment of Untruthfulness

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Chris Heffer (Reader in Linguistics in the School of English, Communication, and Philosophy, Reader in Linguistics in the School of English, Communication, and Philosophy, Cardiff University)

All Bullshit and Lies?

Insincerity, Irresponsibility, and the Judgment of Untruthfulness

Chris Heffer (Reader in Linguistics in the School of English, Communication, and Philosophy, Reader in Linguistics in the School of English, Communication, and Philosophy, Cardiff University)

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English

Oxford University Press Inc
15 October 2020

Philosophy of language; Semantics; Communication studies; Social issues & processes

In a postfactual world in which claims are often held to be true only to the extent that they confirm

pre-existing 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 Trust-related 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

By: Chris Heffer (Reader in Linguistics in the School of English Communication and Philosophy Reader in Linguistics in the School of English Communication and Philosophy Cardiff University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 155mm, Width: 231mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9780190923297
ISBN 10: 0190923296
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 15 October 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chris Heffer is Reader in Linguistics in the School of English, Communication, and Philosophy at Cardiff University. He is the author of The Language of Jury Trial (2005) and editor of Legal-Lay Communication: Textual Travels in the Law (OUP 2013).

Reviews for All Bullshit and Lies?: Insincerity, Irresponsibility, and the Judgment of Untruthfulness

Going beyond critique, All Bullshit and Lies? develops important, interdisciplinary insights on 'untruthfulness' and 'trust' that also throw light on everyday experiences and contemporary media. -Alan Durant, Professor of Communication, Middlesex University School of Law, London In this path-breaking volume, combining analyses of discursive strategies and pathologies with philosophical reflections on responsibility, Chris Heffer shines a light onto the heterogeneous nature of untruthfulness. The result is a compelling exploration of the space located between simple lies and unadulterated truths-a space occupied by bullshit, claptrap, and other forms of insincere or irresponsible speech. -Alessandra Tanesini, author of Philosophy of Language A-Z