They may be, but we don't conclude that they are without a reason showing this to be so, and no such reason has been shown here.
"And you just said you don't know if there has been a long history of philosophy in China for ~2500 years. How do you square that with seeming to know what you are talking about?"
By observing that I satisfactorily responded to your question for some info with me so that you might understand why it seems to me that philosophy is a western-centric institution.
Re: Two words
They may be, but we don't conclude that they are without a reason showing this to be so, and no such reason has been shown here.
"And you just said you don't know if there has been a long history of philosophy in China for ~2500 years.
How do you square that with seeming to know what you are talking about?"
By observing that I satisfactorily responded to your question for some info with me so that you might understand why it seems to me that philosophy is a western-centric institution.