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roachboy, I had the same thoughts you did but didn't have the energy to articulate them. By "contemporary" I thought: "Currently doing their work." By "philosopher" I thought: "Anyone using reason in an attempt to find truth from a platform that has yet to actually see it."
I admire Foucault but didn't consider him contemporary enough. He was at his height when I could barely walk.
Thanks for your input. There are several names there I don't even recognize.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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