Hello, everyone. I'm Stephen West. This is Philosophized This.

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I hope you love the show today.

So when we first began this massive, most recent arc of the show on the philosophical conversations

the 20th century, I said the first thing we're going to need is a much deeper understanding

of Sartre. Well, by the end of today's episode, we're going to understand why that was the

case. What I also said back then is that every several episodes or so, we're going to

need to take a step back and give some context about the state of philosophy and what these

thinkers are responding to when doing their work. It's so easy to skip ahead, not understand

the questions these thinkers thought were worth answering, and miss out on a lot of big

changes that are occurring in human history at this time that shaped the world we live

in today.

You know, I was thinking the other day, since we began this recent arc of the show, basically

every thinker we've covered so far has been a continental philosopher. But then I started

to think and wait a second, this show, Masquerades around is a beginner friendly conversation

about the progression of human thought in the 20th century. And we've never once talked

about the distinction between continental and analytic philosophy. What do people mean

when they say continental versus analytic philosophy? To better understand this story to

come that needs to be told, I think it's crucial information to have. So I want to touch

on it briefly right now. And whether you have no idea what I'm talking about, whether

you've heard those terms used, kind of know what they mean, whether you're the world's

foremost expert on continental and analytic philosophy, one very important thing to consider

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