ON BULLSHIT-1

One of the most salient and noticeable features of our culture is that there is so much Bullshit.Everyone knows this.Each of us contributes his own share.Most people are rather confident of their ability to recognize Bullshit and to avoid being taken in by it.So the phenomenon has not aroused much concern nor attracted a private investigation on this disturbing and elusive topic.
In consequence,we have no clear understanding of what Bullshit is,why there is so much of it,and what function it serves.And we lack a developed appreciation of what it means to us.In other words we have no clue and no precise theory.So I propose to begin the development of a theoretical understanding of Bullshit,mainly by providing some philosophical analysis.I shall not consider the rhetorical uses and misuses of Bullshit.My aim is simply to give this topic a proper investigation and to articulate understandably,more or less sketchily,the structure and nature of its concept.[to be continued]