It's worth noting that philosophy grad school is not necessarily focused on history. I went to Pitt (philosophy, not History and Philosophy of Science), which i

It's worth noting that philosophy grad school is not necessarily focused on history. I went to Pitt (philosophy, not History and Philosophy of Science), which is arguably a department dominated by Kantians and Aristotelians, and in general people who care a lot about the history of philosophy, and the requirement was still 3 historical courses (1 modern, 1 ancient, 1 of either) out of the 12 courses needed for comprehensive evaluation. Also, not all contemporary philosophers like history. There are plenty who think that the philosophy worth worrying about starts sometime around Quine, or maybe David Lewis. I think they're wrong, but they're out there.