Who is the worst philosopher ever?

[PhilApplicant]

I was thinking the opposite. Shit philosophy is so very often in the eye of the beholder.

 

True. But I was thinking something along the lines of the worst philosopher being the one who has argued for the greatest number of false positions. But then I remember that a lot of my favorite philosophers are those whose views I so often don't even agree with (e.g., Jerry Fodor, David Lewis, etc.).

 

So maybe (probably) there's a fact of the matter about who has argued for the greatest number of false positions, though it doesn't reliably track the quality of the philosopher?

[dgswaim]

True. But I was thinking something along the lines of the worst philosopher being the one who has argued for the greatest number of false positions. But then I remember that a lot of my favorite philosophers are those whose views I so often don't even agree with (e.g., Jerry Fodor, David Lewis, etc.).

 

So maybe (probably) there's a fact of the matter about who has argued for the greatest number of false positions, though it doesn't reliably track the quality of the philosopher?

I'm thinking this topic could turn out to be an interesting paper on epistemology...

[MakeYourself]

Philosopher with the worst name: PMS Hacker (Peter Michael Stephan Hacker). He's a Wittgenstein scholar at Oxford.  

 

FU