Chris Heffer is Reader in Linguistics in the School of English, Communication, and Philosophy at Cardiff University. He is the author of The Language of Jury Trial (2005) and editor of Legal-Lay Communication: Textual Travels in the Law (OUP 2013).

• Acknowledgments Preface: On Epistemic Partisanship and Trust INTRODUCTION PART 1: THEORETICAL UNDERPINNINGS1 Trust, Co-operation and Insincerity 2 Bullshit, Inquiry and Irresponsibility PART 2: THE TRUST FRAMEWORK3 Claims of and Evidence for Untruthfulness 4 Justified Untruthfulness 5 Insincere Discourse Strategies 6 Epistemically Irresponsible Discourse 7 Culpability and Breach of Trust PART 3: CASE STUDIES8 Discourse and Democracy: The TRUST Heuristic and Sample Analyses 9 Poisoning and Partisanship: An Analysis of the Salisbury Nerve Agent Attack CONCLUSION References.

Heffer's work is thought provoking, important, and timely, and a must for linguists, philosophers, and rhetoricians. Essential. All readers.

Chris Heffer is Reader in Linguistics in the School of English, Communication, and Philosophy at Cardiff University. He is the author of The Language of Jury Trial (2005) and editor of Legal-Lay Communication: Textual Travels in the Law (OUP 2013).

• Acknowledgments Preface: On Epistemic Partisanship and Trust INTRODUCTION PART 1: THEORETICAL UNDERPINNINGS1 Trust, Co-operation and Insincerity 2 Bullshit, Inquiry and Irresponsibility PART 2: THE TRUST FRAMEWORK3 Claims of and Evidence for Untruthfulness 4 Justified Untruthfulness 5 Insincere Discourse Strategies 6 Epistemically Irresponsible Discourse 7 Culpability and Breach of Trust PART 3: CASE STUDIES8 Discourse and Democracy: The TRUST Heuristic and Sample Analyses 9 Poisoning and Partisanship: An Analysis of the Salisbury Nerve Agent Attack CONCLUSION References.

Heffer's work is thought provoking, important, and timely, and a must for linguists, philosophers, and rhetoricians. Essential. All readers.

Chris Heffer is Reader in Linguistics in the School of English, Communication, and Philosophy at Cardiff University. He is the author of The Language of Jury Trial (2005) and editor of Legal-Lay Communication: Textual Travels in the Law (OUP 2013).

• Acknowledgments Preface: On Epistemic Partisanship and Trust INTRODUCTION PART 1: THEORETICAL UNDERPINNINGS1 Trust, Co-operation and Insincerity 2 Bullshit, Inquiry and Irresponsibility PART 2: THE TRUST FRAMEWORK3 Claims of and Evidence for Untruthfulness 4 Justified Untruthfulness 5 Insincere Discourse Strategies 6 Epistemically Irresponsible Discourse 7 Culpability and Breach of Trust PART 3: CASE STUDIES8 Discourse and Democracy: The TRUST Heuristic and Sample Analyses 9 Poisoning and Partisanship: An Analysis of the Salisbury Nerve Agent Attack CONCLUSION References.

Heffer's work is thought provoking, important, and timely, and a must for linguists, philosophers, and rhetoricians. Essential. All readers.