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Without any doubt : studies in Gersonides' methods of inquiry /

Gersonides--Rabbi Levi ben Gershom (Provence, 1288-1344)--was a multifaceted thinker. Endowed with his original and critical mind, he did not accept the authority of his predecessors but investigated every matter for himself. His extraordinary attention to method--both of inquiry and of writing--sta...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Klein-Braslavy, Sara
Otros Autores: Schramm, Lenn J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Hebrew
Francés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
Colección:Supplements to The journal of Jewish thought and philosophy ; v. 13.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Without any doubt" : Gersonides on method and knowledge
  • The opinions that produce the aporias in The wars of the Lord
  • The solutions of the aporias in The wars of the Lord
  • Dialectic in Gersonides' commentary on Proverbs
  • The Alexandrian prologue paradigm in Gersonides' writings
  • The introductions to the Bible commentaries
  • Gersonides as commentator on Averroes
  • Determinism, contingency, free choice, and foreknowledge in Gersonides
  • Gersonides on the mode of communicating knowledge of the future to the dreamer and clairvoyant.