I don't think they failed to address it at all. They were pointed about what is taught is what you write about - and in a publish or perish environment, if you

I don't think they failed to address it at all. They were pointed about what is taught is what you write about - and in a publish or perish environment, if you only teach western thought, you only publish thoughts based on western though. In no way does what is published force advancement. So if I wanted to see if the buddhist concept of Samudaya (the origination of Dukkha, which is translated as pain, but is much more encompassing than that) helps resolves the ongoing issues between Platonic Realism and Nominalism, I'm going to be sh*it out of luck in terms of readers and people to help me along if no one teaches about Samudaya. Hence problematic