这一面看得太重了，只看到哲学作为一门学科的形式，也看不到它的目的。有只见树木，不见森林的嫌疑。用你们的分析方式，孔子不算哲学家的话，那是哲学的损失，不是孔子的。哲学也就成了没什么太大意义的辩术了。

随便摘一段关于哲学定义的：
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.

当然把哲学本身当成一种 sport 的，则是另一种玩法。当然这种理解，课堂里教学有点用处，是变不成真正“哲学家”的。