Popular interest in bullshit -- and its near relative truthiness -- is at an all-time high but the subject has a rich philosophical history with Hobbes Locke Hume and Kant all weighing in on the matter. Here contemporary philosophers reflect on bullshit from epistemological ethical metaphysical historical and political points of view. Tackling questions including what is bullshit what does it do is it a passing fad and can it ever be eliminated the book is a guide and resource for the many who find bullshit worth pondering.