Towards a Taxonomy of Bullshit Illocutionary Acts

I propose redefining Gascón’s (2021) notion of argumentative bullshit by adding three words to its original formulation. Consequently, argumentative bullshit would be defined as the production of an ar­gument without concern for the strength of the supporting relation between the reasons and the claim. I then examine Mukerji and Mannino’s (2022) general account of argumentative bullshit. Using Grice’s conversational maxims, I show how it can be further extended into a taxonomy of bullshit illocu­tionary acts—an extension Gascón himself hints at.