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Wilbur

Patron Meritorious
LRH may or may not have been a con. He is indisputably the most famous philosopher of the twentieth century and his most brilliant work probably makes him the most influential philosopher of the century as well.

But you do have a fine nose for a con don't you LD?

Yes.

I've been planning to run The Big Con for more than 35 years. I had one of the best teachers in the country, a grifter known as The Caliph who once papered a bank for half a million bucks. And never served a day in jail. But this is NOT a con. This is the legitimate business which will finance The Big Con.

And make a nifty little piece of change for several hundred friends and family.

I think.

There's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip.

I start by gathering my seed money to build the basic company; an office, a secretary, a lawyer, the basic paperwork and the prototype of the invention. Then the IPO sets up manufacturing.

AND!!!

I already have a buyer lined up who wants exclusive right to every gadget I manufacture up to the point where I can manufacture them faster than he can sell them.

FAT CITY MAMA!


And anyone who ponies up $100 for seed money is likely to get at least $10,000.00 return and perhaps as much as $100,000.00 over the next ten years.

And the $100 is not expenditure but loan. Within one year, before my next birthday, 21 October 2019, the loan will be repaid with ten percent interest. That's the deadline. Target date is the week before Xmas.

And...

Anyone who wants out can have their $100 back along with my gratitude and $50.



I love the people on ESMB and all are welcome.
What the fuck is this guy talking about? Is this one of those robots that just generates random English-sounding gibberish?
 

strativarius

Inveterate gnashnab & snoutband
LRH may or may not have been a con. [bcolor=#ffff00]He is indisputably the most famous philosopher of the twentieth century[/bcolor] and his most brilliant work probably makes him the most influential philosopher of the century as well.

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Here are a few names google comes up with when asked to provide a list of 20th century philosophers.

Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Martin Heidegger.
Bertrand Russell.
John Rawls.
Simone de Beauvoir.

It's funny, but I don't see your nominee for 'indisputably the most famous philosopher ...' among them.

It's snakes and ladders with you isn't it? Sometimes your posts can be interesting and enlightening, and then you'll say something monumentally stupid like this and you go right down to the bottom of the credibility stakes again. Shame.
 

Wilbur

Patron Meritorious
Here are a few names google comes up with when asked to provide a list of 20th century philosophers.

Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Martin Heidegger.
Bertrand Russell.
John Rawls.
Simone de Beauvoir.

It's funny, but I don't see your nominee for 'indisputably the most famous philosopher ...' among them.

It's snakes and ladders with you isn't it? Sometimes your posts can be interesting and enlightening, and then you'll say something monumentally stupid like this and you go right down to the bottom of the credibility stakes again. Shame.
No, you don't understand Strat. He's INDISPUTABLY the most famous philosopher. In Scn-speak, that means you're not supposed to dispute the fact.
 

JustSheila

Crusader
LRH may or may not have been a con. He is indisputably the most famous philosopher of the twentieth century
Yeh, he's right there beside some of these other famous philosophers:
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Mother Hubbard, who was so paranoid of enemies, she was too terrified to leave her house to go grocery shopping and she and her dog starved to death behind doors with multiple bolt locks. Like her relative L Ron Hubbard, she knew there were aliens, psychiatrists and SPs out to get her.

JOHN DOE, who is buried next to Hubbard, was indisputably a legendary philosopher, ghost writer, poet, novelist and plagiarist with such famous lines as, "There are only two certain things in life, death and taxes." John Doe

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screamer2

Idiot Bastardson
Yeh, he's right there beside some of these other famous philosophers:
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Mother Hubbard, who was so paranoid of enemies, she was too terrified to leave her house to go grocery shopping and she and her dog starved to death behind doors with multiple bolt locks. Like her relative L Ron Hubbard, she knew there were aliens, psychiatrists and SPs out to get her.

JOHN DOE, who is buried next to Hubbard, was indisputably a legendary philosopher, ghost writer, poet, novelist and plagiarist with such famous lines as, "There are only two certain things in life, death and taxes." John Doe

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May they rest in peas.
 

Clay Pigeon

Gold Meritorious Patron
Here are a few names google comes up with when asked to provide a list of 20th century philosophers.

Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Martin Heidegger.
Bertrand Russell.
John Rawls.
Simone de Beauvoir.

It's funny, but I don't see your nominee for 'indisputably the most famous philosopher ...' among them.

It's snakes and ladders with you isn't it? Sometimes your posts can be interesting and enlightening, and then you'll say something monumentally stupid like this and you go right down to the bottom of the credibility stakes again. Shame.
Personally, I prefer Simone de Boudoire over L. Ron Hubbard. One may intelligently (but unsuccessfully) dispute Elron's credentials as a philosopher but it is UTTERLY INDISPUTABLE that Hubbard's fame exceeds all of them. Go out onto any city street with this list with Hubbard's name added to it and ask the general public to identify the people on it. Simone, I suspect, would finish second...

YOU TELL ME WHO WOULD FINISH FIRST!!!

I stand by my statement.
 

Bill

Gold Meritorious Patron
Personally, I prefer Simone de Boudoire over L. Ron Hubbard. One may intelligently (but unsuccessfully) dispute Elron's credentials as a philosopher but it is UTTERLY INDISPUTABLE that Hubbard's fame exceeds all of them. Go out onto any city street with this list with Hubbard's name added to it and ask the general public to identify the people on it. Simone, I suspect, would finish second...

YOU TELL ME WHO WOULD FINISH FIRST!!!

I stand by my statement.
I think his name would be more recognized by the average person ... but not as a philosopher! He is known by the average person as the "sci-fi author who made up the silly ufo cult known as ... what was it again? ... oh, yeah, Scientology".

And, no, these average joes would not, in any way, list Scientology as a "philosophy". It is only, in their mind, a "cult". So give it up.
 

HelluvaHoax!

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I think his name would be more recognized by the average person ... but not as a philosopher! He is known by the average person as the "sci-fi author who made up the silly ufo cult known as ... what was it again? ... oh, yeah, Scientology".

And, no, these average joes would not, in any way, list Scientology as a "philosophy". It is only, in their mind, a "cult". So give it up.
Dr. Hubbard would qualify as a "philosopher" if one literally considers the 4th definition of that word:

philosophy -noun:​
1. the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline.
2. a particular system of philosophical thought.
3. the study of the theoretical basis of a particular branch of knowledge or experience.​
4. the most basic beliefs, concepts, and attitudes of an individual or group.
Dr. Hubbard's beliefs include ruthlessly destroying anyone who reveals, slows or impedes his avariciously predatory acquisition of money, fame & power in a quest to enslave mankind by means of his advanced technology (i.e. lying, fraud and sociopathic terrorism against anyone who doesn't surrender their money and/or their mind).


DISCLAIMER: This post may not find support within the mind of a Scientologist due to being entheta. Scientologists (being masters of all aspects of TR-O) are meticulously trained to not confront "wrong indications".
 

Clay Pigeon

Gold Meritorious Patron
Dr. Hubbard would qualify as a "philosopher" if one literally considers the 4th definition of that word:

philosophy -noun:​
1. the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline.​
2. a particular system of philosophical thought.​
3. the study of the theoretical basis of a particular branch of knowledge or experience.​
4. the most basic beliefs, concepts, and attitudes of an individual or group.
Dr. Hubbard's beliefs include ruthlessly destroying anyone who reveals, slows or impedes his avariciously predatory acquisition of money, fame & power in a quest to enslave mankind by means of his advanced technology (i.e. lying, fraud and sociopathic terrorism against anyone who doesn't surrender their money and/or their mind).


DISCLAIMER: This post may not find support within the mind of a Scientologist due to being entheta. Scientologists (being masters of all aspects of TR-O) are meticulously trained to not confront "wrong indications".
There is however nothing the last bit wrong and very much right about this post in the eyes of the (self-appointed) Chaplain's of The Church of American Science pro tempore.

You are, of course, "cherry picking" Hoaxie. You are alluding for the most part to "disconnection" "fair game" and "ethics/SP-PTS tech"

While Hubbard was alive these were viewed by the leading COAS people as detestable but comprehensible (I trust you have heard of and give some credence to the adage "fight fire with fire") and perhaps tolerable. Indeed it appears Hubbard's worst was Operation PC Freakout and Ms. Cooper is alive and well today

Since Ron's demise...
 

HelluvaHoax!

Platinum Meritorious Sponsor with bells on
There is however nothing the last bit wrong and very much right about this post in the eyes of the (self-appointed) Chaplain's of The Church of American Science pro tempore.

You are, of course, "cherry picking" Hoaxie. You are alluding for the most part to "disconnection" "fair game" and "ethics/SP-PTS tech"

While Hubbard was alive these were viewed by the leading COAS people as detestable but comprehensible (I trust you have heard of and give some credence to the adage "fight fire with fire") and perhaps tolerable. Indeed it appears Hubbard's worst was Operation PC Freakout and Ms. Cooper is alive and well today

Since Ron's demise...
If Dr. Hubbard's "philosophy" was based on truth, he wouldn't have had to lie & defraud innocent victims out of hundreds of millions of dollars by guaranteeing they were buying (non-existent) miraculous superpowers.

On earth we humans don't call that a "philosophy".

We call it a "crimewave".

LOL
 

HelluvaHoax!

Platinum Meritorious Sponsor with bells on
"There's nuthin' unamerican about tryin' to earn a buck" Hoaxie
Good point.

Ergo, I am starting a GO-FUND-ME website to raise money to add Dr. Hubbard's face to Mt. Rushmore. This will significantly help mankind, the planet and this sector.

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UPDATE: Oh shit! I unsuccessfully tried to open that "GO-FUND-ME" page, but the company sponsoring it rejected my application. They would not answer why I was banned, but did reply that I might have greater success with another money-raising app that controversial self-help cults use, such as www.gofuckme.com

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Type4_PTS

Diamond Invictus SP
One may intelligently (but unsuccessfully) dispute Elron's credentials as a philosopher but it is UTTERLY INDISPUTABLE that Hubbard's fame exceeds all of them. Go out onto any city street with this list with Hubbard's name added to it and ask the general public to identify the people on it. Simone, I suspect, would finish second...

YOU TELL ME WHO WOULD FINISH FIRST!!!

I stand by my statement.
Here's a list of philosophers of the 20th century on Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_philosophers_born_in_the_20th_century

Can't find Dr. Hubbard's name anywhere. :no:

They must have an SP transcriptionist that created this list! :hmm:






Elisa Aaltola (born 1976)
Nicola Abbagnano (1901–1990)
Bijan Abdolkarimi (born 1963)
Taha Abdurrahman (born 1944)
David Abram (born 1957)
Gerd B. Achenbach (born 1947)
Peter Achinstein (born 1935)
Hans Achterhuis (born 1942)
H. B. Acton (1908–1974)
Marilyn McCord Adams (1943-2017)[c]
Robert Merrihew Adams (born 1937)[c]
Mortimer Adler (1902–2001)
Theodor Adorno (1903–1969)[a][c][d][e]
Sediq Afghan (born 1958)
Michel Aflaq (1910–1989)
Giorgio Agamben (born 1942)
Hans Albert (born 1921)
Rogers Albritton (1923–2002)
Virgil Aldrich (1903–1998)
Gerda Alexander (1908–1994)
Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov (1912–1999)
Robert Alexy (born 1945)
Diogenes Allen (born 1932)
William Alston (1921–2009)[a][c]
Louis Althusser (1918–1990)[a][c][d]
Günther Anders (1902–1992)
Alan Ross Anderson (1925–1973)[c]
C. Anthony Anderson (born 1940)
Pamela Sue Anderson (1955–2017)
Julia Annas (born 1946)
G. E. M. Anscombe (1918–2001)[a][c][d]
Karl-Otto Apel (born 1922)
Kwame Anthony Appiah (born 1954)
Hannah Arendt (1906–1975)[a][c][d][e]
David Malet Armstrong (born 1926)[a][c][d]
Zaki al-Arsuzi (1899–1968)
Raymond Aron (1905–1983)
Pandurang Shastri Athavale (1920–2003)
Robert Audi (born 1941)
John Langshaw Austin (1911–1960)[a][c][d]
Alfred Jules Ayer (1910–1989)[a][c][d][e]
Joxe Azurmendi (born 1941)
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Kent Bach (born 1943)
Alain Badiou (born 1937)
Archie J. Bahm (1907–1996)
Annette Baier (1929–2012)
Kurt Baier (1917–2010)
Albena Bakratcheva (born 1961)
Tom Baldwin (born 1947)
Étienne Balibar (born 1942)
Hassan al-Banna (1906–1949)
Yehoshua Bar-Hillel (1915–1975)
Jonathan Barnes (born 1942)[c]
Brian Barry (1936–2009)[c]
Norman P. Barry (1944–2008)
William Barrett (1913–1992)
Roland Barthes (1915–1980)[a][c][d]
Jon Barwise (1942–2000)
Jacques Barzun (1907–2012)
Jean Baudrillard (1929–2007)[c][d][e]
Monroe Beardsley (1915–1985)
Jean Beaufret (1907–1982)
William Bechtel (born 1951)
Lewis White Beck (1913–1997)
Francis J. Beckwith (born 1960)
Nuel Belnap (born 1930)[c]
Paul Benacerraf (born 1931)
Seyla Benhabib (born 1950)
Jonathan Bennett (born 1930)[c]
Geoffrey Bennington (born 1956)
Frithjof Bergmann (born 1930)
Gustav Bergmann (1906–1987)[a][c]
Isaiah Berlin (1909–1997)[a][c][d][e]
Marshall Berman (1940–2013)
Robert Bernasconi (born 1950)
Andrew Bernstein (born 1949)
Richard Bett
Jean-Yves Béziau (born 1965)
Homi K. Bhabha (born 1949)
Roy Bhaskar (1944–2014)
Harry Binswanger (born 1944)
Max Black (1909–1988)[c]
Simon Blackburn (born 1944)[c]
Maurice Blanchot (1907–2003)[d]
David Blitz
Ned Block (born 1942)[c]
Allan Bloom (1930–1992)
Norberto Bobbio (1909–2004)[c][d]
Susanne Bobzien (born 1960)
Jozef Maria Bochenski (1902–1995)
Paul Boghossian
Hilary Bok (born 1959)
Sissela Bok (born 1934)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945)[c][d]
Laurence BonJour (born 1943)
George Boolos (1940–1996)
Nick Bostrom (born 1973)
Pierre Bourdieu (1930–2002)[d]
Richard-Bevan Braithwaite (1900–1990)[c]
Myles Brand (1942–2009)
Robert Brandom (born 1950)[c]
Richard B. Brandt (1910–1997)[a]
Michael Bratman (born 1945)
Stephen E. Braude (born 1945)
Harry Brighouse
Berit Brogaard (born 1970)
Stephen Bronner (born 1949)
John Broome (born 1947)
Pascal Bruckner (born 1948)
Mario Bunge (born 1919)
Tyler Burge (born 1946)[c]
John Burnheim (born 1928)
Myles Burnyeat (born 1939)[c]
Panayot Butchvarov (born 1933)
Judith Butler (born 1956)
Charles Butterworth (born 1938)
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Amílcar Cabral (1924–1973)[d]
John Campbell (born 1956)[c]
Albert Camus (1913–1960)[a][c][d]
Georges Canguilhem (1904–1995)[a]
John D. Caputo (born 1940)
Nancy Cartwright (born 1944)[c]
Quassim Cassam (born 1961)
Hector-Neri Castañeda (1924–1991)[a]
David Castle (born 1967)
Cornelius Castoriadis (1922–1997)
Paola Cavalieri (born 1950)
Stanley Cavell (born 1926)[a][c][d]
Michel de Certeau (1925–1986)[d]
David Chalmers (born 1966)[c]
Timothy Chambers
David Charles
Haridas Chaudhuri (1913–1975)
Albert Chernenko (1935–2009)
Roderick Chisholm (1916–1999)[a][c][d]
Noam Chomsky (born 1928)[a][c][d]
Alonzo Church (1903–1995)[a][c][d]
Patricia Churchland (born 1943)[a]
Paul Churchland (born 1942)[a][c]
Frank Cioffi (1928–2012)
Hélène Cixous (born 1937)[d]
Andy Clark (born 1957)
Stephen R. L. Clark (born 1945)
David Cockburn (born 1949)
Gerald Cohen (1941–2009)[c]
L. Jonathan Cohen (1923–2006)[c]
Lucio Colletti (1924–2001)[c]
Robin Collins
André Comte-Sponville (born 1952)
Marcel Conche (born 1922)
Frederick Copleston (1907–1994)
Jack Copeland (born 1950)
William Lane Craig (born 1949)
Jean Curthoys (born 1947)
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Newton da Costa (born 1929)
Mary Daly (1928–2010)
Jonathan Dancy (born 1946)
Arthur Danto (1924–2013)[a][c]
Donald Davidson (1917–2003)[a][c][d][e]
Brian Davies (born 1951)
Michael Davis (born 1943)
Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986)[c][d][e]
Alain de Benoist (born 1943)
Alain de Botton (born 1969)
Bruno de Finetti (1906–1985)[c]
Paul de Man (1919–1983)[d]
Guy Debord (1931–1994)
Gilles Deleuze (1925–1995)[c][d][e]
Bernard Delfgaauw (1912–1993)
Daniel Dennett (born 1942)[a][c][d]
Douglas Den Uyl (born 1950)
Jacques Derrida (1930–2004)[a][c][d][e]
Vincent Descombes (born 1943)
Cora Diamond (born 1937)
Daniel Dombrowski (born 1953)
Keith Donnellan (1931–2015)
Fred Dretske (1932–2013)[a][c]
Hubert Dreyfus (born 1929)
Michael Dummett (1925–2011)[a][c][d]
Ronald Dworkin (1931–2013)[a][c][d]
Miroslaw Dzielski (1941–1989)
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William A. Earle (1919–1988)
John Earman (born 1942)[c]
Umberto Eco (1932–2016)[a]
Dorothy Edgington (born 1941)
James M. Edie (1927–1998)
Paul Edwards (1923–2004)[c]
Mircea Eliade (1907–1986)[d]
Ignacio Ellacuría (1930–1989)
Jacques Ellul (1912–1994)
Jon Elster (born 1940)[c]
John Etchemendy (born 1952)
Gareth Evans (1946–1980)[c][d]
Stanley Eveling (1925–2008)
Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze (1963–2007)
F[edit]
Emil Fackenheim (1916–2003)[d][e]
Frantz Fanon (1925–1961)[c][d]
Austin Marsden Farrer (1904–1968)[d]
Solomon Feferman (born 1928)
Herbert Feigl (1902–1988)
Joel Feinberg (1926–2004)[c]
José Ferrater Mora (1912–1991)[c]
Paul Feyerabend (1924–1994)[c][d][e]
Hartry Field (born 1946)[c]
Arthur Fine (born 1937)
Kit Fine (born 1946)[c]
John Finnis (born 1940)[c]
Owen Flanagan (born 1940)
Richard E. Flathman (1934–2015)
Antony Flew (1923–2010)
Luciano Floridi (born 1964)
Vilém Flusser (1920–1991)
James R. Flynn (born 1934)
Jerry Fodor (born 1935)[a][c][d][f]
Dagfinn Føllesdal (born 1932)[c]
Philippa Foot (1920–2010)[a][c]
Michel Foucault (1926–1984)[a][c][d][e][f]
Bas van Fraassen (born 1941)
William K. Frankena (1908–1994)[a][c]
Harry Frankfurt (born 1929)[c]
Oliver Shewell Franks (1905–1992)
Michael Frede (1940–2007)[c]
Hans Wilhelm Frei (1922–1988)[d]
Erich Fromm (1900–1980)
Northrop Frye (1912–1991)
Lon L. Fuller (1902–1978)[d]
G[edit]
Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900–2002)[a][c][d][e]
Raimond Gaita (born 1946)
David Gauthier (born 1932)[c]
Peter Geach (born 1916)[a][c]
Ernest Gellner (1925–1995)
Gerhard Gentzen (1909–1945)[c][d]
Alexander George
Bernard Gert (1934–2011)
Edmund Gettier (born 1927)[c]
Raymond Geuss (born 1948)
Alan Gewirth (1912–2004)[c]
Rashid al-Ghannushi (born 1941)
Allan Gibbard (born 1942)[c]
Margaret Gilbert (born 1942)
Neil Gillman (born 1933)
René Girard (1923–2015)
Ernst von Glasersfeld (1917–2010)
Jonathan Glover (born 1941)[c]
Kurt Gödel (1906–1978)[c][d]
Peter Goldie (1946–2011)
Alvin Goldman (born 1938)[a][c]
Lucien Goldmann (1913–1970)
Jacob Golomb
Nicolás Gómez Dávila (1913–1994)
Nelson Goodman (1906–1998)[a][c][d]
Paul Goodman (1911–1972)
Allan Gotthelf (1942–2013)
George Grant (1918–1988)
John Gray (born 1948)
A. C. Grayling (born 1949)
Celia Green (born 1935)
Herbert Paul Grice (1913–1988)[a][c][d][e]
Germain Grisez (born 1929)
Adolf Grünbaum (born 1923)[c]
Félix Guattari (1930–1992)
Gotthard Günther (1900–1984)
Samuel Guttenplan (born 1944)
Paul Guyer (born 1948)
Kwame Gyekye (born 1939)
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Susan Haack (born 1945)
Jürgen Habermas (born 1929)[a][c][d][e][f]
Peter Hacker (born 1939)
Ian Hacking (born 1936)[c]
Manly Palmer Hall (1901–1990)
Philip Hallie (1922–1994)
Stuart Hampshire (1914–2004)[c]
Alastair Hannay (born 1932)[c]
Norwood Russell Hanson (1922–1967)[d]
Donna Haraway (born 1944)
Michael Hardt (born 1960)
John E. Hare (born 1949)
R. M. Hare (1919–2002)[a][c][d]
Gilbert Harman (born 1938)[c]
Errol Harris (1908–2009)
H. L. A. Hart (1907–1992)[a][c][d]
David Bentley Hart (born 1965)
Sally Haslanger
John Haugeland (1945–2010)
John Hawthorne
Werner Heisenberg (1901–1976)[c][d]
Ágnes Heller (born 1929)
Erich Heller (1911–1990)
Futa Helu (1934–2010)
Carl Gustav Hempel (1905–1997)[a][c][d]
Michel Henry (1922–2002)
Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907–1972)[d]
Mary Hesse (born 1924)
John Hick (1922–2012)
Stephen Hicks (born 1960)
Alice von Hildebrand (born 1923)
Jaakko Hintikka (1929–2015)[a][c]
Ted Honderich (born 1933)[c]
Sidney Hook (1902–1989)[c]
Jennifer Hornsby (born 1951)[c]
Paul Horwich (born 1947)[c]
John Hospers (1918–2011)
Paulin J. Hountondji (born 1942)
Rosalind Hursthouse (born 1943)
Robert Maynard Hutchins (1899–1977)
Hsu Fu-kuan (1903–1982)[a]
Jean Hyppolite (1907–1968)
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Don Ihde (born 1934)
Evald Vassilievich Ilyenkov (1924–1979)[d]
Peter van Inwagen (born 1942)
Luce Irigaray (born 1930)[a][b[b
Terence Irwin (born 1947)[c]
J[edit]
Frank Jackson (born 1943)[c]
Fredric Jameson (born 1934)
Christopher Janaway
Erich Jantsch (1929–1980)
Richard C. Jeffrey (1926–2002)[c]
Hans Jonas (1903–1993)
K[edit]
Shelly Kagan (born 1954)[c]
Robert Kane (born 1938)
Jerrold Katz (1932–2002)
Walter Kaufmann (1921–1980)
David Kaplan (born 1933)[c]
David Kelley (born 1949)
Anthony Kenny (born 1931)[c]
Mahmoud Khatami
Jaegwon Kim (born 1934)[a][c]
Mark Kingwell (born 1963)
Robert Kirk
Richard Kirkham (born 1955)
Philip Kitcher (born 1947)[c]
Martha Klein
Peter D. Klein (born 1940)
Brian Klug
William Calvert Kneale (1906–1990)[c]
Hans Köchler (born 1948)
Arthur Koestler (1905–1983)
Alexandre Kojève (1902–1968)[d]
John Kok (born 1948)
Leszek Kolakowski (1927–2009)
Katerina Kolozova
Hilary Kornblith
Stephan Körner (1913–2000)
Christine Korsgaard (born 1952)[c]
Peter Kreeft (born 1937)
Georg Kreisel[c]
Saul Kripke (born 1940)[c]
Julia Kristeva (born 1941)[a][c][d]
Irving Kristol (1920–2009)
Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn (1909–1999)
Thomas Samuel Kuhn (1922–1996)[a][c][d][e][f]
Will Kymlicka (born 1962)
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Jacques Lacan (1901–1981)[a][c][d][e]
Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe (1940–2007)[d]
Imre Lakatos (1922–1974)[c][d][e]
Michèle Le Dœuff (born 1948)[c][d]
Henri Lefebvre (1901–1991)[d]
Keith Lehrer (born 1936)[c]
Yeshayahu Leibowitz (1903–1994)[d]
Brian Leiter (born 1963)
James G. Lennox (born 1948)
Ernest Lepore
Isaac Levi (born 1930)
Emmanuel Levinas (1906–1995)[a][c][d][e]
Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908–2009)[c][d]
Bernard-Henri Lévy (born 1948)
David Kellogg Lewis (1941–2001)[a][c][d][e]
Suzanne Lilar (1901–1992)
Alphonso Lingis (born 1933)
Gilles Lipovetsky (born 1944)
Arthur Lipsett (1936–1986)
Knud Ejler Løgstrup (1905–1981)
Bernard Lonergan (1904–1984)[d]
Paul Lorenzen (1915–1995)[d]
Roderick T. Long (born 1964)
John R. Lucas (born 1929)
Peter Ludlow (born 1957)
William Lycan (born 1945)[c]
Jean-François Lyotard (1924–1998)[a][c][d]
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Dwight Macdonald (1906–1982)
Tibor R. Machan (1939–2016)
Alasdair MacIntyre (born 1929)[a][c][d][f]
Louis Mackey (1926–2004)
John Leslie Mackie (1917–1981)[c]
Penelope Maddy (born 1950)
Norman Malcolm (1911–1990)[a][c]
David Malament (born 1947)
Mostafa Malekian (born 1956)
Merab Mamardashvili (1930–1990)[d]
Jon Mandle
Claude Mangion (born 1961)[a]
Ruth Barcan Marcus (1921–2012)[a][c]
Julián Marías (1914–2005)
Donald A. Martin (born 1940)
Michael Martin (1932–2015)
Abul A'la Maududi (1903–1979)
George I. Mavrodes
Ron McClamrock
John McDowell (born 1942)[c]
Colin McGinn (born 1950)[c]
Terence McKenna (1946–2000)
Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980)
Jeff McMahan (born 1954)
John McMurtry
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Eduardo Mendieta (born 1963)
Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908–1961)[a][c][d][e]
Thomas Metzinger (born 1958)
Vincent Miceli (1915–1991)
Mary Midgley (born 1919)
Alan Millar (born 1947)
Fred Miller
Ruth Millikan (born 1933)[c]
C. Wright Mills (1916–1962)
Richard Montague (1930–1971)[c][d]
Max More (born 1964)
J. P. Moreland (born 1948)
Sidney Morgenbesser (1921–2004)
Adam Morton (born 1945)
Mou Zongsan (1909–1995)[a]
Iris Murdoch (1919–1999)[c]
Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere (1922–1999)
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Arne Næss (1912–2009)[d]
Ernest Nagel (1901–1985)[a][c][d]
Thomas Nagel (born 1937)[a][c][d]
Jean-Luc Nancy (born 1940)[d]
Jan Narveson (born 1936)
Hossein Nasr(born 1933)
Stephen Neale(born 1958)
Antonio Negri (born 1933)
Oskar Negt(born 1934)
Alexander Nehamas (born 1946)
John von Neumann (1903–1957)[a][c][d]
Jay Newman (1948–2007)
Kai Nielsen (born 1926)
Nishitani Keiji (1900–1990)[c][d]
Kwame Nkrumah (1909–1972)[c]
Nel Noddings (born 1929)
Ernst Nolte (born 1923)
Calvin Normore (born 1948)
Christopher Norris (born 1947)
David L. Norton (1930–1995)
Robert Nozick (1938–2001)[a][c][d]
Martha Nussbaum (born 1947)[a][c]
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Anthony O'Hear
Onora O'Neill (born 1941)
Michael Oakeshott (1901–1990)[a][c][d]
Albert Outler (1908–1989)
Gwilyn Ellis Lane Owen (1922–1982)[c][d]
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David Papineau (born 1947)[c]
Derek Parfit (1942–2017)[a][c]
John Arthur Passmore (1914–2004)[d]
Jan Patočka (1907–1977)[d]
Christopher Peacocke (born 1950)[c]
David Pearce
David Pears (1921–2009)[c]
Jean-Jacques Pelletier (born 1947)
Leonard Peikoff (born 1933)
Lorenzo Peña (born 1944)
Richard Stanley Peters (1919–2011)
Philip Pettit (born 1945)
Gualtiero Piccinini (born 1970)
Herman Philipse (born 1951)
D. Z. Phillips (1934–2006)
Giovanni Piana (born 1940)
Alexander Piatigorsky (1929–2009)
Robert M. Pirsig (1928–2017)
Alvin Plantinga (born 1932)[a][c]
Thomas Pogge (born 1953)
Louis P. Pojman (1935–2005)
Leonardo Polo (1926–2013)
Richard Popkin (1923–2005)
K. J. Popma (1903–1986)
Karl Popper (1902–1994)[a][c][d][e]
Carl Posy
Dag Prawitz (born 1936)
Graham Priest (born 1948)
Arthur Prior (1914–1969)[c][d][e]
Harry Prosch (1917–2005)
Hilary Putnam (1926–2016)[a][c][d]
Andrew Pyle (born 1955)
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Qiu Renzong (born 1933)
Willard Van Orman Quine (1908–2000)[a][c][d][e]
Anthony Quinton (1925–2010)[c]
Sayyid Qutb (1906–1966)
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James Rachels (1941–2003)
Ayn Rand (1905–1982)[e][f]
Karl Rahner (1904–1984)[d]
Peter Railton (born 1950)
Tariq Ramadan (born 1962)
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Ian Thomas Ramsey (1915–1972)[d]
Paul Ramsey (1913–1988)
Jacques Rancière (born 1940)
Douglas B. Rasmussen (born 1948)
John Rawls (1921–2002)[a][c][d][e][f]
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George Reisman (born 1937)
Nicholas Rescher (born 1928)[c]
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Radovan Richta (1924–1983)
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Joseph Rovan (1918–2004)
William L. Rowe (born 1931)
Ian Rumfitt (born 1964)
Michael Ruse (born 1940)
Gilbert Ryle (1900–1976)[a][c][d]
Robert Rynasiewicz
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Nathan Salmon (born 1951)
Wesley Salmon (1925–2001)[c]
Michael J. Sandel (born 1953)
David H. Sanford (born 1937)
Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar (1921–1990)
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980)[a][c][d][e]
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Stewart Shapiro (born 1951)
Dariush Shayegan (born 1935)
Abner Shimony (1928–2015)
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Richard Shusterman
Peter Singer (born 1946)[c]
B. F. Skinner (1904–1990)[d]
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Brian Skyrms (born 1938)
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Michael A. Smith (born 1954)
Tara Smith (born 1961)
Raymond Smullyan (born 1919)
Joseph D. Sneed (born 1938)
Scott Soames (born 1946)
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Robert C. Solomon (1942–2007)
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Abdolkarim Soroush (born 1945)
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Dejan Stojanović (born 1959)
Jeffrey Stout (born 1950)
David Stove (1927–1994)
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Gisela Striker (born 1943)
Barry Stroud (born 1935)[c]
Patrick Suppes (1922–2014)
William Sweet
Richard Swinburne (born 1934)[a][c]
David Sztybel (born 1967)
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb (born 1960)
Robert B. Talisse (born 1970)
Tang Junyi (1909–1978)[a]
Alfred Tarski (1901–1983)[a][c][d][e]
Charles Taylor (born 1931)[a][c][d]
Richard Taylor (1919–2003)[c]
Placide Tempels (1906–1977)
Neil Tennant (born 1950)
Irving Thalberg Jr. (1930–1988)
Helmut Thielicke (1908–1986)[d]
Judith Jarvis Thomson (born 1929)[a][c]
Tzvetan Todorov (born 1939)[d]
Stephen Toulmin (1922–2009)
Peter Tudvad (born 1966)
Ernst Tugendhat (born 1930)[c]
Raimo Tuomela (born 1940)
Alan Turing (1912–1954)[c][d][e]
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Ivo Urbančič (born 1930)
Alasdair Urquhart (born 1945)
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Peter van Inwagen (born 1942)
Philippe Van Parijs (born 1951)
Francisco Varela (1946–2001)
Juha Varto (born 1949)
Gianni Vattimo (born 1936)[d]
Achille Varzi (born 1958)
Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez (1915–2011)
Henry Babcock Veatch (1911–1997)
Michel Villey (1914–1988)[d]
Gregory Vlastos (1907–1991)[c][d]
Eric Voegelin (1901–1985)[d]
Jules Vuillemin (1920–2001)
Georg Henrik von Wright (1916–2003)[a][c][d]
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Margaret Urban Walker (born 1948)
Doug Walton
Kendall Walton (born 1939)[c]
Michael Walzer (born 1935)[c]
Ernest Wamba dia Wamba (born 1942)
Hao Wang (1921–1995)[c]
Georgia Warnke
Geoffrey J. Warnock (1923–1996)[c]
Mary Warnock (born 1924)[c]
Alan Watts (1915–1973)
Brian Weatherson
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Morris Weitz (1916–1981)
Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1912–2007)
Albrecht Wellmer (born 1933)
Cornel West (born 1953)
Jennifer Whiting
David Wiggins (born 1933)[c]
John Daniel Wild (1902–1972)
Dallas Willard (1935–2013)
Bernard Williams (1929–2003)[a][c][d][e]
Timothy Williamson (born 1955)[c]
Jessica Wilson
Margaret Dauler Wilson (1939–1998)
Peter Winch (1926–1997)[c]
Kwasi Wiredu (born 1931)
John Wisdom (1904–1993)[c]
Charlotte Witt (born 1951)
Monique Wittig (1935–2003)
Susan R. Wolf (born 1952)
Ursula Wolf (born 1951)
Richard Wollheim (1923–2003)[c]
Nicholas Wolterstorff (born 1932)
Paul Woodruff (born 1943)
Crispin Wright (born 1942)[c]
Jerzy Wróblewski (1926–1990)[d]
Alison Wylie
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Xu Liangying (1920–2013)
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Cemal Yıldırım (1925–2009)
Francis Parker Yockey (1917–1960)
Arthur M. Young (1905–1995)
Damon Young (born 1975)
Iris Marion Young (1949–2006)
Jiyuan Yu (born 1964)
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Santiago Zabala (born 1975)
Naomi Zack
Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski (born 1946)
Dan Zahavi
José Zalabardo (born 1964)
Edward N. Zalta (born 1952)
Marlène Zarader (born 1949)
Ingo Zechner (born 1972)
Eddy Zemach
John Zerzan (born 1943)
Yujian Zheng
Zhai Zhenming (born 1957)
Zhou Guoping (born 1945)
Paul Ziff (1920–2003)
Robert Zimmer (born 1953)
Dean Zimmerman
Michael E. Zimmerman (born 1946)
Alexander Zinoviev (1922–2006)
Slavoj Žižek (born 1949)[f]
Elémire Zolla (1926–2002)
Volker Zotz (born 1956)
François Zourabichvili (1965–2006)
Estanislao Zuleta (1935–1990)
Alenka Zupančič (born 1965)
Jan Zwicky (born 1955)
 
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strativarius

Inveterate gnashnab & snoutband
I think his name would be more recognized by the average person ... but not as a philosopher! He is known by the average person as the "sci-fi author who made up the silly ufo cult known as ... what was it again? ... oh, yeah, Scientology".

And, no, these average joes would not, in any way, list Scientology as a "philosophy". It is only, in their mind, a "cult". So give it up.
Dear Bill, thank you very much for answering CP's question to me for me. That's more or less what I would have said.
 

HelluvaHoax!

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LRH may or may not have been a con. He is indisputably the most famous philosopher of the twentieth century and his most brilliant work probably makes him the most influential philosopher of the century as well.
Your own post debunks your assertion that Hubbard was a philosopher.

You admit in the first sentence that he "may or may not have been a con".

It is impossible for one to be a con and also be a philosopher.

Philosophy literally means the "love of wisdom". [The Greek word “philosophy” (philosophia) is a compound word, composed of two parts: 'Philos' (love) and 'Sophia' (wisdom). It literally means love of wisdom.]

Hubbard was a charlatan, a con artist and an incorrigible liar.

Lies are the opposite of wisdom.

Rather than love of wisdom, Liars have contempt for it.

If you still feel the need of awarding Hubbard some kind of centennial status, here you go:

HUBBARD FOUNDED THE 20TH CENTURY'S
GREATEST RELIGIOUS & SELF-HELP
HOAX

Loyal Officers and True Believers may now rise from your pews and begin applauding the jumbo-sized wall photo of the seriously mentally ill man in a naval costume.
 
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