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« On the Art of Talking Nonsense in Philosophy can be summed up in a few lines (an endeavour in which the back cover is fitting): drawing on Harry G. Frankfurt’s On Bullshit, Paul Amselek illustrates four types of contrived reasonings, that is, specimens of philosophical or ethical bullshit. Identifying a few culprits for each type, the author invites the reader to take part in an exercise in critical thinking, with some major themes of philosophy or legal theory running in the backdrop. The original De l’art de raconter n’importe quoi en philosophie was published in 2019; Christopher Sutcliffe’s translation is of a slightly revised text. [...] », Book review of Paul Amselek, On the Art of Talking Nonsense in Philosophy, translated by Christopher Sutcliffe, Montréal, Éditions Thémis, 2022.