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My question is similar to this one and this one, but with a slightly different spin.

I am interested in knowing who are some analytically trained philosophers who write on historically "continental" figures. I have in mind philosophers like Kris McDaniel who were trained in the analytic tradition (in fact, Kris got his PhD from the school that I am working on mine at) but who also write on "continental" figures like Hegel and Heidegger.

I find the way McDaniel presents the views of these philosophers far more approachable given my training than reading the primary texts or secondary literature written by people without analytic-style training.

Are there more philosophers like McDaniel who do this sort of thing? That is, are there any more (reasonably) contemporary philosophers who have analytic training (or at least write in a similar style) who write on typically "continental" figures?

An ideal answer to this question will provide me with the name of a philosopher, what that philosopher works on, and ideally some suggestions of what are good articles to read by this philosopher.

[Disclaimer: I don't want to offend anyone. I'm not trying to push this whole "divide" nonsense. I'm simply looking for ways to see what the "other side" is up to in a way that will make sense to me given my own philosophical background.]

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I suppose one more person I can think of is Graham Priest, who does some work on Hegel (in particular Hegel's logic). – Dennis Jan 26 at 22:12

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I'd recommend Simon Glendinning's On Being With Others: Heidegger, Derrida, Wittgenstein as a nice example of the genre; Glendinning treats of a fairly narrow question (the refutations of skepticism about other minds) from a variety of perspectives-- besides the three authors listed in the subtitle, he also brings Austin and McDowell into the mix. In doing so, he introduces the thought of Heidegger and Derrida to an audience he assumes will be more familiar with the analytic side of things.

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