I think your missing his point. — Noble Dust

Yeah, his point is not mentioned because I agree with it. I don't bother to mention what I agree with. And my point above is not in disagreement with his point.

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I doubt philosophers in China who study Chinese philosophy are similarly wracked with guilt over having failed to adequately consider Western philosophers. — Thorongil

Perhaps not guilt, but perhaps we ought to feel concerned that we are limiting our focus to a specific region of the world, and not the entire world? It seems clear to me that the "decision" to study Western philosophy (as opposed to Eastern, African, Latin American, or a synthesis) is not usually because one has experience in these other traditions but because one has been taught in the Western tradition and has no desire to move out of it. As Heidegger would have it, metaphysics is historical. Our aim for truth is at least partly influenced by our heritage.