Philosophy

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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The philosopher tag is bestowed upon you by others. You're not socially valid as a philosopher until there are enough people who think of you as a philosopher. It's similar with authors or artists, to an extent.

That's not the case for a physicist who may be completely unknown but still very much a physicist.

Yes, I think that’s a good point. It implies some outward communication. And I think it also implies some quality of reasoning. 

Someone who asserts arguments that are not sound, or at least that are plausible, probably shouldn’t be given the credibility of someone who asserts valid and sounds arguments

That would make sense, but in reality there's no gatekeeping aside from social recognition. E.g., Jordan Peterson may be completely unreasonable in some regards, but his audience is too big for the criticism to take away from his social position as a philosopher/thinker/public intellectual.