Full Idea
Who cares what gets called 'philosophy'? It's my impression that most of what happened in philosophy before 1950 wouldn't qualify according to the present usage.
Gist of Idea
Who cares what 'philosophy' is? Most pre-1950 thought doesn't now count as philosophy
Source
Jerry A. Fodor (LOT 2 [2008], Ch.3.5)
Book Reference
Fodor,Jerry A.: 'LOT 2: the Language of Thought Revisited' [OUP 2008], p.76
A Reaction
A rather breath-taking remark. Fodor is, of course, a devotee of David Hume, and of Descartes, but he never seems to refer to Greeks at all. Personally I presume that if you aren't doing what Plato and Aristotle were interested in, it ain't philosophy.