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From a very particular angle of view, attempting to talk about ultimate reality is just plain silly. I do not refer to the perspective furnished by critiques of religion as a kind of fantasy discourse. Rather I refer to a religious and theological perspective affirming that ultimate reality, whatever else it may be, must be beyond human cognitive grasp.
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Wildman, Wesley J. 2010. Religious philosophy as multidisciplinary comparative inquiry: Envisioning a future for the philosophy of religion. Albany: SUNY Press.
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Wildman, W.J. (2013). Introduction to Negative Theology. In: Diller, J., Kasher, A. (eds) Models of God and Alternative Ultimate Realities. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5219-1_63
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