Do I detect an inclination to Existentialist and modern continental philosophy in the list? If so, with only a couple of exceptions, I too have studied them and think them important.
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John

Existentialism more than modern continental philosophy if that is possible.

And thanks for the welcoming.

Hi, Roquentin! I'm the Autodidact. Strewth! This philosophy stuff is hard work. Starting at A for Aquinas, it's a long way to Z for Zizek.

Hello, welcome to the forum. Those are interesting philosophers, many of them seem contemporary (since 'contemporary' philosophers haven't changed too much).

Is history of ideas that out of a History department or a philosophy department? Do not worry about your English. Nice list of philosophers. Welcome.

Until recently it was its own department but because of some cuts in the budget history of ideas and philosophy was forced together in a shotgun-wedding. The new department (of philosophy and history of ideas) works pretty well, and I think both the ol' conservative professors and students have benefited from it. But im not - strictly speaking - schooled in philosophy, only in history of ideas (despite it as an academic disipline lack its own methods really..).

I'm glad the namedropping worked. But if it was a music forum.. Dang! I dont think Britney, Christina, Lopez, Hilton and Robbie would have worked..

Had I not majored in Philosophy, I would have majored in History of Ideas. Oddly enough, some of the best and most enjoyable late night conversations I had in college were with Ideas people.