這一面看得太重了，只看到哲學作為一門學科的形式，也看不到它的目的。有隻見樹木，不見森林的嫌疑。用你們的分析方式，孔子不算哲學家的話，那是哲學的損失，不是孔子的。哲學也就成了沒什麼太大意義的辯術了。

隨便摘一段關於哲學定義的：
A philosophy is a comprehensive system of ideas about human nature and the nature of the reality we live in. It is a guide for living, because the issues it addresses are basic and pervasive, determining the course we take in life and how we treat other people.

Philosophy raises some of the deepest and widest questions there are. Addressing the issues in each branch of philosophy requires integrating everything one knows about reality (metaphysics) or humanity (epistemology, ethics, politics, and aesthetics). Proposing reasonable positions in philosophy is therefore a difficult task.

The history of the modern sciences begins with philosophical inquiries, and the scientific method of experimentation and proof remains an instance of the general approach that a philosopher tries to bring to a question: one that is logical and rigorous. However, while today the sciences focus on specialized inquiries in restricted domains, the questions addressed by philosophy remain the most general and most basic, the issues that underlie the sciences and stand at the base of a world-view.

當然把哲學本身當成一種 sport 的，則是另一種玩法。當然這種理解，課堂里教學有點用處，是變不成真正“哲學家”的。