SelfHatingPhilosopher Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Let's get real and saucy. We've stated who our favorite philosopher(s) is(are), so let's now state who we most despise or find overrated. Sophist and greencoloredpencil 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greencoloredpencil Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Plato. Hands down Plato. I can't stand the guy! Monadology, deverettf, Philhopeful and 3 others 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattDest Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 If I post a philosopher here that someone else said in 'favorite philosopher', do we have to duel? Cottagecheeseman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cottagecheeseman Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 ZIZEK! Well he's not really a philosopher. Ok, I really hate people that come into philosophy with preconceived beliefs and then use philosophy to try to justify those beliefs, I think philosophy should be done in a more 'what do the arguments/evidence actually show'. So towards that view, I'm going to say William Craig, in terms of his 'apologetic' works. I know he's published on philosophy of time as well, but I haven't read any of that. In terms of historical figures not in the continental linage (Hegel is too low hanging for me to even care about) I'm going to say Malebranche. His metaphysical views are hella dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xypathos Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Probably Spinoza. Nietzsche certainly for the most overrated Several years ago I would've said Hegel but that's b/c as a Freshman I took a 19th century seminar that was heavy on him. As I soon learned, Hegel expects you to know what was done before him. So, it was an uphill battle that semester but I'm comfortable with him now. Sophist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHumeDominates Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Thales. So, so lame. "All is water"? Uh, except no ... philophilosopher, idol.chatter, DHumeDominates and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeonticDodals Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Hegel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philstudent1991 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 myself. couldn't even get accepted to grad school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cottagecheeseman Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 myself. couldn't even get accepted to grad school. YET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHumeDominates Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 myself. couldn't even get accepted to grad school. Bad answer. I bet you're a fine philosopher. And you might be accepted somewhere yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Table Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 ZIZEK! It's funny, but because your photo is a picture of Zizek I really associate you with him. I mean I know you have his face crossed out and your username is "zizeksucks," but if someone asks me to list gradcafe users about 5 years from now I'll probably be like "oh, and there was also that guy that liked Zizek." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monadology Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I can't really think of any that I despise, but Hume gets my vote for most overrated. With Berkeley, who needs him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar_scene_gambler Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 (edited) Probably Spinoza. Nietzsche certainly for the most overrated Several years ago I would've said Hegel but that's b/c as a Freshman I took a 19th century seminar that was heavy on him. As I soon learned, Hegel expects you to know what was done before him. So, it was an uphill battle that semester but I'm comfortable with him now. Woah woah woah there! Thems fighting words pal. You'd best not be talkin smack 'bout my homie. As for myself, I find Kant's moral philosophy particularly distasteful. If we're talking overall my least favorite philosopher, I'd probably have to say J.L. Austin. Can't stand the fucking guy. As for most overrated, I'd probably say Wittgenstein, even though I personally like some of his work. Edited February 12, 2014 by bar_scene_gambler gingin6789 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weltgeist Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Hume, Kripke, Popper, Cottagecheeseman and dgswaim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kant_get_in Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 My least favorite philosophers are the ones I can't understand. Spinoza, Leibniz, and Davidson. That's probably my fault and not theirs. I've always hated John Haugeland's essay "The Intentionality All Stars". He's not my least favorite philosopher, but that's definitely my least favorite essay. The baseball mnemonic device is terrible, and I'm 99% sure that he refers to philosophical positions by the wrong name (what the hell is right-wing phenomenology?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianfaircloud Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I really dislike Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Leibniz, Hume, Kant, Wittgenstein, Frege, and Quine. Oh, and Kripke. Can anyone say, overrated? OK. No, in seriousness, I'm not much for Kierkegaard. RookIV and MattDest 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryura Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Foucault and Plantinga. Monadology 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgswaim Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Historical: David Hume. Contemporary would have to be Alex Rosenberg. My writing sample, in fact, is primarily an argument against the materialism of Rosenberg and the Churchlands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar_scene_gambler Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 All the Hume hate going around. What gives? Mavngoose1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgswaim Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 All the Hume hate going around. What gives? In the words of Edmund Husserl, Hume genius was astounding, but it was not accompanied by an equally astounding philosophy. I just don't think of skeptical philosophy as very interesting. That, ultimately, is just a report of preference, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idol.chatter Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I kind of despise Plantiga, and I find Kierkegaard to be a bit overrated. Cottagecheeseman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgswaim Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I kind of despise Plantiga, and I find Kierkegaard to be a bit overrated. I like Plantinga. I challenge you to a duel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idol.chatter Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I like Plantinga. I challenge you to a duel! Haha. I would accept such a challenge! I see Plantiga as the king of poor arguments from analogy. But hey, I guess when someone's grasping at straws just to prove nothing more than that theism isn't irrational, one can't expect too much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monadology Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I find Kierkegaard to be a bit overrated. Tell me what crowd you're hanging out with. I'll gladly swap places. In my 4 years at undergrad and 2 years at an MA, I've met only two people with any familiarity with Kierkegaard, much less esteem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xypathos Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I love Kirk. Sole reason why I took a seminar on Religious Existentialism, though I fell in love with others over the semester too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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