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Is alan watts well respected amongst academics?
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A number of people in academic philosophy might credit Alan Watts as an original inspiration to getting into philosophy but typically they report feeling that they've 'outgrown him' as they study further into the subject. 

Watts is best known for bringing ideas from eastern philosophy to western audiences, not really for any original contributions to philosophy.