"A profession is the result of acquiring a remunerative expertise and obtaining the right to designate oneself x or y. This has no necessary relationship to being in a group. Nietzsche was trained and employed as a philologist, but it did not last long and he would now be grouped among philosophers and writers despite the almost complete solitude that was his lot in life. A professional group may or may not have professionals of one stripe (as in a law firm). Universities have groups that are themselves a collection of varied specializations. There are - fortunately - terms that transcend "profession" - writer, thinker, intellectual. A good example of a person who never had formal academic training is the late Erik Erickson."
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Charles Sanders Peirce - Thinking in Threes
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