It’s the obvious place to start. Before answering this question I’ll just note that philosophers seem to care an awful lot about what makes something philosophy. Professional academics wage turf wars over what ‘counts’ as philosophy. Careers are made and unmade by accusations that some person is or isn’t doing philosophy, or doing ‘good’ philosophy, or doing philosophy the ‘right way’ (all three of which are distinct). This is a bad thing.
What is philosophy?
What is philosophy?
What is philosophy?
It’s the obvious place to start. Before answering this question I’ll just note that philosophers seem to care an awful lot about what makes something philosophy. Professional academics wage turf wars over what ‘counts’ as philosophy. Careers are made and unmade by accusations that some person is or isn’t doing philosophy, or doing ‘good’ philosophy, or doing philosophy the ‘right way’ (all three of which are distinct). This is a bad thing.