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10.01.2017

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Between Philosophic Optimism and Fideistic Scepticism: An Overview of Medieval Jewish Philosophy

Howard Kreisel

The tension between reason and revelation has for centuries occupied Jewish philosophers who were committed, on the one hand, to defending Judaism, and, on the other hand, to remaining loyal to philosophical principles.

Maimonides is considered the most prominent Jewish religious philosopher, whose aim was to reconcile philosophy, in particular Aristotelian philosophy, with the fundamental principles of Judaism. But many other Jewish thinkers, before and after him, also struggled with this task, raising the question whether it is possible to attain this reconciliation.

The connection between philosophy and religion was often not an obvious one. As a consequence, it could serve in some cases as grounds for supporting Maimonides’ project, while in others it could lead to rejection.

The lecture series “Scepticism and Anti-Scepticism in Medieval Jewish Thought” focuses on sceptical questions, methods, strategies, and approaches raised by Jewish thinkers in the Middle Ages. In the series of lectures, we wish to examine the variety of attitudes presented by these thinkers, and the latest readings of contemporary scholars concerning those attitudes.

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14.02.2017

Anti-Scepticism within the Jewish Averroist School

Racheli Haliva
07.02.2017

Scepticism at the Service of Revelation: Logic and epistemology in Judah Halevi’s "Kuzari"

Ariel Malachi
24.01.2017

Does Maimonides’ Theory of Parables in the Guide of the Perplexed Support a Sceptical Reading of the Work?

Lawrence Kaplan
10.01.2017

Between Philosophic Optimism and Fideistic Scepticism: An Overview of Medieval Jewish Philosophy

Howard Kreisel
20.12.2016

The Sex Life of a Metaphysical Sceptic: Platonic Themes in Gersonides’ Commentary on Song of Songs

Yehuda Halper
13.12.2016

Hasdai Crescas’ Sceptical Critique of Maimonides

Warren Zev Harvey
29.11.2016

On the Role of Certain and Near-Certain Knowledge in Maimonides’ Religious Philosophy

Charles Manekin

Between Philosophic Optimism and Fideistic Scepticism: An Overview of Medieval Jewish Philosophy - Howard Kreisel - Universität Hamburg

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Between Philosophic Optimism and Fideistic Scepticism: An Overview of Medieval Jewish Philosophy

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Anti-Scepticism within the Jewish Averroist School

Scepticism at the Service of Revelation: Logic and epistemology in Judah Halevi’s "Kuzari"

Does Maimonides’ Theory of Parables in the Guide of the Perplexed Support a Sceptical Reading of the Work?

Between Philosophic Optimism and Fideistic Scepticism: An Overview of Medieval Jewish Philosophy

The Sex Life of a Metaphysical Sceptic: Platonic Themes in Gersonides’ Commentary on Song of Songs

Hasdai Crescas’ Sceptical Critique of Maimonides

On the Role of Certain and Near-Certain Knowledge in Maimonides’ Religious Philosophy