Philosophical and psychological approaches to bullshit
Filozofski i psihološki pristupi verbalizmima
Apstrakt
In this paper, we give an overview of philosophical considerations of and psychological empirical research on bullshit. While taking this concept from philosophy, in the first wave of research, psychologists implicitly changed both the content and definition of the concept, focusing on aspects of bullshit phenomena addressable by empirical tools, such as individual differences in bullshit receptivity. In the second wave, researchers, adequately, relied more on contemporary philosophical analyses and definitions of bullshit. This led to employing experimental procedures to examine the distinctive features of such statements, influence of the speaker, that is - the source of bullshit, as well as implications for public discourse. In the concluding part, shortcomings of the existing approaches addressed, social implications of use of bullshit and receptivity to them are highlighted, and suggestions on how to overcome these shortcomings are presented.
U radu je dat pregled filozofskih razmatranja verbalizama i psiholoških empirijskih istraživanja o istom fenomenu. Prilikom preuzimanja ovog koncepta iz filozofije, psihološka empirija je u prvom talasu istraživanja implicitno promenila i sadržaj i definiciju koncepta, usmeravajući se na aspekte verbalizama, poput individualnih razlika u receptivnosti, koji su dostupni empirijskim alatima. U drugom talasu psiholoških istraživanja verbalizama, istraživači su se, adekvatno, u većoj meri oslanjali na savremene filozofske analize i definicije verbalizama, što je dovelo do korišćenja eksperimentalnih procedura za ispitivanje distinktivnih karakteristika ovakvih iskaza, doprinosa govornika, uticaja primaoca verbalizama, i konačno, implikacija po javni diskurs. U zaključnom delu rada istaknute su manjkavosti postojećih pristupa verbalizmima, društvene implikacije upotrebe verbalizama i receptivnosti na njih, i izneti predlozi kako da se te manjkavosti prevaziđu.
Ključne reči:
verbalizmi / pseudodubokoumni verbalizmi / receptivnost na verbalizme / psihologija verbalizama / bullshit / pseudoprofound bullshit / bullshit receptivity / psychology of bullshitIzvor:
Theoria, 2021, 64, 1Izdavač:
- Filozofsko društvo Srbije
Institucija/grupa
Psihologija / PsychologyTY - JOUR AU - Ilić, Sandra AU - Damnjanović, Kaja PY - 2021 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5168 AB - In this paper, we give an overview of philosophical considerations of and psychological empirical research on bullshit. While taking this concept from philosophy, in the first wave of research, psychologists implicitly changed both the content and definition of the concept, focusing on aspects of bullshit phenomena addressable by empirical tools, such as individual differences in bullshit receptivity. In the second wave, researchers, adequately, relied more on contemporary philosophical analyses and definitions of bullshit. This led to employing experimental procedures to examine the distinctive features of such statements, influence of the speaker, that is - the source of bullshit, as well as implications for public discourse. In the concluding part, shortcomings of the existing approaches addressed, social implications of use of bullshit and receptivity to them are highlighted, and suggestions on how to overcome these shortcomings are presented. AB - U radu je dat pregled filozofskih razmatranja verbalizama i psiholoških empirijskih istraživanja o istom fenomenu. Prilikom preuzimanja ovog koncepta iz filozofije, psihološka empirija je u prvom talasu istraživanja implicitno promenila i sadržaj i definiciju koncepta, usmeravajući se na aspekte verbalizama, poput individualnih razlika u receptivnosti, koji su dostupni empirijskim alatima. U drugom talasu psiholoških istraživanja verbalizama, istraživači su se, adekvatno, u većoj meri oslanjali na savremene filozofske analize i definicije verbalizama, što je dovelo do korišćenja eksperimentalnih procedura za ispitivanje distinktivnih karakteristika ovakvih iskaza, doprinosa govornika, uticaja primaoca verbalizama, i konačno, implikacija po javni diskurs. U zaključnom delu rada istaknute su manjkavosti postojećih pristupa verbalizmima, društvene implikacije upotrebe verbalizama i receptivnosti na njih, i izneti predlozi kako da se te manjkavosti prevaziđu. PB - Filozofsko društvo Srbije T2 - Theoria T1 - Philosophical and psychological approaches to bullshit T1 - Filozofski i psihološki pristupi verbalizmima IS - 1 VL - 64 DO - 10.2298/THEO2101161I ER -
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Ilić, S.,& Damnjanović, K.. (2021). Philosophical and psychological approaches to bullshit. in Theoria Filozofsko društvo Srbije., 64(1). https://doi.org/10.2298/THEO2101161I
Ilić S, Damnjanović K. Philosophical and psychological approaches to bullshit. in Theoria. 2021;64(1). doi:10.2298/THEO2101161I .
Ilić, Sandra, Damnjanović, Kaja, "Philosophical and psychological approaches to bullshit" in Theoria, 64, no. 1 (2021), https://doi.org/10.2298/THEO2101161I . .
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