Two Models of Jewish Philosophy

Two Models of Jewish Philosophy
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Publisher : OUP Oxford
Total Pages : 276
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ISBN-10 : 9780191534546
ISBN-13 : 0191534544
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Book Synopsis Two Models of Jewish Philosophy by : Daniel Rynhold

Download or read book Two Models of Jewish Philosophy written by Daniel Rynhold and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2005-03-17 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a work that illustrates how Jewish philosophy can make a genuine contribution to general philosophical debate, Daniel Rynhold attempts to formulate a model for the justification of practices by applying the methods of modern analytic philosophy to approaches to the rationalization of the commandments from the history of Jewish philosophy. Through critical analysis of the methods of Moses Maimonides and Joseph Soloveitchik, Rynhold argues against propositional approaches to justifying practices that he terms Priority of Theory approaches and offers instead his own method, termed the Priority of Practice, which emphasizes the need for a more pragmatic take on this whole issue.


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