ISBN:
9789004206526
Language:
English
Pages:
352 p
,
25 cm
Year of publication:
2011
Series Statement:
Supplements to the journal of Jewish thought and philosophy v. 13
Series Statement:
The journal of Jewish thought and philosophy / Supplements
DDC:
181/.06
Keywords:
Levi ben Gershom Knowledge
;
Methodology
;
Levi ben Gershom
;
Philosophy, Medieval Methodology
;
Jewish philosophy Methodology
;
Jewish philosophers
;
Leṿi ben Gershon 1288-1344
;
Methodologie
;
Wissen
;
Philosophie
Abstract:
"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
Description / Table of Contents:
"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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes