[WT Sharpe]

People like Julian Baggini and the late John Rawls are among those who fall under the "but not all" clause in my post concerning the linguistic turn in philosophy, and are doing what I consider important, namely engaging with the important issues of the day and bringing the results of their efforts to a larger audience. People can disagree with what Rawls wrote, but at least he is attempting to bring the important ethical issues of the day to the forefront, and his "veil of ignorance" approach to a just society has been quite influential. John Dewey, also, is vastly underrated in my opinion for his contributions to pragmatism and the practical solutions he set forth that still reverberate across to the 21st century. Still, the linguists and epistemologists seem to dominate many of the discussions, but perhaps the tide is turning.