I’ve had this debate with friends many times: are there conditions that must be met before you call yourself a “philosopher”?

Although my undergraduate degree was in philosophy, I don’t think a degree is required. 

However, I do agree there should be some minimum. Possibly a standard of reasoning or…

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… maybe a requirement that your philosophy is published (doesn’t have to be academic) in a manner that allows peer review, comment, and argument 

What do you all think?

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But yea, I like that example. Teachers can be de facto philosophers in that they have characteristics and practice that many would think are integral to philosophy.

The question is also what is meant by “philosophy”. Let’s say you are an expert in Jacques Derrida and you can apply his way of thinking. In a number of continental European universities you would be considered a philosopher, but in Anglosaxon countries they will point you to the literature departments.

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