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It's hard to know whether "formally" recognizing all of these people as philosophers would be a good or bad thing. On the one hand, their work would gain gravitas in academia, but that might then make them inaccessible to many people who could stand to read some good philosophy.
Personally, I've always been disappointed that people only know Hunter Thompson for "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", which they then say is just all about drugs. His "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72" was a good bit of political science and "Hell's Angels" was some very readable pop sociology.
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