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Mar 2025
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Episode #223 ... Religion and the duck-r...

STEPHEN WEST
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Today we talk about the relationship between philosophy and religion. We talk about the duck-rabbit as a metaphor that may have something useful to teach us about the way we experience reality. We talk about the enormous difficulty of fully addressing the question: what is religion? We talk about Schelling's historical view of revelation and its connection t ... Show More
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