I like the simplest answer of all: philosophy is what philosophers do :) Philosophy is ideas people come to that can't be discussed with other people who aren'

I like the simplest answer of all: philosophy is what philosophers do :) Philosophy is ideas people come to that can't be discussed with other people who aren't also doing philosophy. If it's taught in a university, it's dead philosophy. Alive philosophy can't be done in a classroom setting with strangers, it's highly personal and if you're lucky to find someone to do philosophy with, my, what a gift, consider yourself extremely lucky.