Faith and Reason

🇬🇧 🎙️Does objective reality depend on my thought?

Pubblicato 3 Febbraio 2026 da catholicafides

In this third episode of “A Healthy Reason for a Strong Faith” Series, we deal with the problem of perception of reality. Realism vs. Idealism or Anti-realism. The question that arises is this: Are we sure that there are things beyond our own comprehension and that there is an external world wider than our sensation and thought? This seems an ongoing doubt. How to go about it? We deal with the thought of George Berkeley (1685-1753) still relevant and influential today.

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🇬🇧 🎙️Sign & Symbol: A More Complex Reality Beyond Reality

Pubblicato 23 Dicembre 2025 da catholicafides

In this second episode of “Philosophy for All,” we analyse what a sign is and its difference from a symbol. Both sign and symbol point us to a reality beyond themselves. The sign and the symbol, without which we cannot live, are not the reality they point us to. Paul Ricœur (1913–2005), a French Philosopher, tells us that idolatry occurs when a symbol is mistaken for the reality. Idolatry, we can add, can also occur when the reality is mistaken for the symbol and everything becomes merely symbolic.

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🇬🇧 🎙️Behind the Mask: Reality & Appearance in Metaphysical Thought

Pubblicato 23 Dicembre 202523 Dicembre 2025 da catholicafides

With this first episode, we start a series on “Philosophy for All,” investigating what Metaphysics is. In this first lesson, we focus on the perception of reality with the help of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. How do we know what is real? How do we know that the reality we perceive is the final reality and not a mere appearance? What is real and what is apparent? Man is made for what is real and lasting: the ultimate reality.

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