Gulliver and the Rabbis: Counterfactual Truth in Science and the Talmud

Gulliver and the Rabbis: Counterfactual Truth in Science and the Talmud

The paper presents Jonathan Swift&#8217;s <i>Gulliver&#8217;s Travels</i> as the first systematic attempt to claim that the normal methods of testing belief and opinion for clarity, consistence, coherence, and how they stand to the facts are powerless when applied to deep-seated...

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Main Author: Menachem Fisch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-03-01
Series:Religions
Subjects:
thought experiments
framework assumptions
Jonathan Swift
Newtonian Physics
Tamudic law of lost property
Talmudic laws of Damages
profanation of God’s Name
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/10/3/228

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