A philosophaster is a “A shallow or pseudo-philosopher; a smatterer or pretender in philosophy”, according to the Oxford English Dictionary.
There's also a book by Robert Burton, of Melancholic fame, by the same name. The character names are funny, all of them charlatans in philosophy and theology:
Polypragmaticus, Pantomagus, Pedanus, Amphimacer, Theanus
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