The Worst Philosopher

Descartes for me. Maybe he is the father of modern philosopher, but it seems to me that all of his points have been systematically and clinically disproven. He should have stuck to maths.

A lot of us have been asking that, particularly about the former.

I found it amusing when he tried to explain immaterial/material interaction by saying that the soul gave the pineal gland a sort of "push" to get causality in motion.

I sort of feel sorry for him though. Philosohers are often criticised for being too vague, yet when they specify in biological or scientific terms they're completely slated

Yeah, that was brilliant... in a totally unbrilliant sort of way, of course.

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I'm not a fan of Frege; all that analytic philosophy just makes me want to sleep.

(Is Turing really a philosopher?)

There is a good quote about Descartes;

'If only he had stuck to Maths, he would have been remembered as a true genius'

Turing isn't really a bona-fide philosopher, but he did mess up philosophy of mind for a good few years with his fews of consciousness/intentionality i.e. 'turing machines'

And before anyone else asks; I didn't include Kant because generally people only dislike him because A) The can't understand what he is trying to say B) They can't be bothered trying to understand what he is trying to say

But neither of these neccessarily make him a 'bad' philosopher

Thank you very much!

Yeah, that was brilliant... in a totally unbrilliant sort of way, of course.

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What can be said can be said clearly, if it cannot be said clearly then it is nonsense and must be passed over in silence

A view expressed by Wittgenstein and perhaps even more importantly; George Orwell.

Nietzsche. So overrated.

Hume and Descartes are just boring.

So he is the worst.........

Quite possibly the worst notion ever, in the history of academia (although I suspect this is more a consequence of misinterpretations like the above). Where exactly did Wittgenstein express this view? I hope you weren't thinking of the thereof one must remain silent line, which has absolutely nothing in common with what Orwell said. What Orwell said was directed at written prose, not at philosophy, and he didn't imply that it was 'nonsense' if it was complex.

Quite possibly the worst notion ever, in the history of academia (although I suspect this is more a consequence of misinterpretations like the above). Where exactly did Wittgenstein express this view? I hope you weren't thinking of the thereof one must remain silent line, which has absolutely nothing in common with what Orwell said. What Orwell said was directed at written prose, not at philosophy, and he didn't imply that it was 'nonsense' if it was complex.