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The Holiness of Doubt is a timely and essential contribution to the
study of sacred Jewish texts. What does it mean for a book of faith
for millions of people to be riddled with the uncertainties evoked
by hundreds of questions? Rabbi Joshua Hoffman has chronicled the
questions of the Torah and offers personal insights and the
accumulated wisdom of interpretations, ancient and modern, to
discover the meaning of questions and the holiness of doubt. This
book offers the reader a chance to see the wisdom of the Torah
refracted through its questions. Divided according to the weekly
Torah portions as traditionally studied in the Jewish community,
this book explores the purpose of questions in the text and becomes
a unique interpretation of the Torah on its own. There are also
summaries for the portions which do not contain questions to
explore what impact the absence of questions has on the Torah as a
whole. In confronting doubt, we gain a renewed permission to
explore the deepest questions of our time. We can discover, like
our ancestors dreamed, that the wisdom of the biblical tradition
echoes eternal truth in every generation.
Metaphysics is what Aristotle described as "the First Philosophy"
or "first science," a comprehensive inquiry into the ultimate
nature of reality. As such, metaphysics consists of a systematic
study of the more general categories of being and of the more
general ways of relating entities. The Historical Dictionary of
Metaphysics focuses on metaphysics in Western philosophy, the
metaphysical tradition that developed under the influence of Greek
philosophy, and especially Plato and Aristotle. It offers a
comprehensive guide to the many facets of metaphysics through a
chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 300
cross-referenced dictionary entries on concepts, people, works, and
technical terms. This volume is an invaluable resource for student
and scholar alike.
Substance has been a leading idea in the history of Western
philosophy. Joshua Hoffman and Gary S. Rosenkrantz explain the
nature and existence of individual substances, including both
living things and inanimate objects. Specifically written for
students new to this important and often complex subject, Substance
provides both the historical and contemporary overview of the
debate.
Great Philosophers of the past, such as Aristotle, Descartes,
Spinoza, Leibnitz, Locke, and Berkeley were profoundly interested
in the concept of substance. And, the authors argue, a belief in
the existence of substances is an integral part of our everyday
world view. But what constitutes substance? Was Aristotle right to
suggest that artefacts like tables and ships don't really
exist?
Substance: Its Nature and Existence is one of the first
non-technical, accessible guides to this central problem and will
be of great use to students of metaphysics and philosophy.
Substance has been a leading idea in the history of Western philosophy. Joshua Hoffman and Gary S. Rosenkrantz explain the nature and existence of individual substances, including both living things and inanimate objects. Specifically written for students new to this important and often complex subject, Substance provides both the historical and contemporary overview of the debate. Great Philosophers of the past, such as Aristotle, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibnitz, Locke, and Berkeley were profoundly interested in the concept of substance. And, the authors argue, a belief in the existence of substances is an integral part of our everyday world view. But what constitutes substance? Was Aristotle right to suggest that artefacts like tables and ships don't really exist? Substance: Its Nature and Existence is one of the first non-technical, accessible guides to this central problem and will be of great use to students of metaphysics and philosophy.
This work revives a neglected but important topic in philosophy:
the nature of substance. The belief that there are individual
substances, for example, material objects and persons, is at the
core of our common-sense view of the world, yet many metaphysicians
deny the very coherence of the concept of substance. The authors
develop a novel account of what an individual substance is in terms
of independence from other beings. In the process, many other
important ontological categories are explored: property, event,
space and time. The authors show why alternative theories of
substance fail, and go on to defend the intelligibility (though not
the existence) of interacting spiritual and material substances.
This book revives a neglected but important topic in philosophy:
the nature of substance. The belief that there are individual
substances, for example, material objects and persons, is at the
core of our common-sense view of the world yet many metaphysicians
deny the very coherence of the concept of substance. The authors
develop an account of what an individual substance is in terms of
independence from other beings. In the process many other important
ontological categories are explored: property, event, space, time.
The authors show why alternative theories of substance fail, and go
on to defend the intelligibility (though not the existence) of
interacting spiritual and material substances.
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