Carleton philosophy course from Andrew Knoll ’05 featured in Star Tribune
Knoll is visiting assistant professor of philosophy at Carleton.
Carleton’s upcoming philosophy course, PHIL 111: Bullshit: How to Spot it and Protect Yourself, is referenced in the Star Tribune piece, “More colleges are offering classes helping students identify truth in a confusing world,” with quotes from the professor teaching the course, Andrew Knoll ’05.
Carleton College students can enroll in “Bullshit: How to Spot it and Protect Yourself” this spring.
Andrew Knoll, a visiting philosophy professor at Carleton College, said he’s generally interested in how people think, and President Donald Trump’s 2016 election made him realize something interesting was going on.
“A hallmark of his political movement has really been performative, blatant public lying,” Knoll said. “The point there seemed to not really be to deceive people but to create this firehose of things … so that people start having just a difficult time being able to sort out what is true or false.”
He hopes students’ biggest takeaway is that “you should always be looking for reasons to think you’re wrong,” he said.