[Retric]

There are many huge biases at the core of all western philosophy. 'Self' as a meaningful separate unit is one of them. To take a slightly different take on a famous quote. 'It is presumed that I exist and I think, therefore I exist.' Even logic stems from a way of thinking, A and !A could both be true if you step out of the mindset of Truth with a T.

The problem with looking at world philosophy is you find 'western' philosophy is an ecco chamber as far from math as literary criticism.

PS: Not to offend people, but a huge chunk of western philosophy was so closely tied to religious thinking it's actually painful to read. Though this stuff is often a footnote in most philosophy programs.

[shanacarp]

I'm very confused as to why this is voted down.

There is truth to this statement. Nothing wrong with saying that binary systems of logical proofs, based on things like "Self" is important to the history of philosophy in the west