ISBN:
9789401721288
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XV, 256 p)
,
digital
Edition:
Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
Series Statement:
Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science 211
Series Statement:
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science 211
Parallel Title:
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Keywords:
Philosophy (General)
;
Genetic epistemology
;
Science Philosophy
;
Epistemology.
;
Philosophy and science.
;
History
;
Knowledge, Theory of.
;
Science—Philosophy.
Abstract:
In this book, 11 leading scholars contribute to the understanding of the scientific and philosophical works of Moses Maimonides (1135-1204), the most luminous Jewish intellectual since Talmudic times. Deeply learned in mathematics, astronomy, astrology (which he strongly rejected), logic, philosophy, psychology, linguistics, and jurisprudence, and himself a practising physician, Maimonides flourished within the high Arabic culture of the 12th century, where he had momentous influence upon subsequent Jewish beliefs and behavior, upon ethical demands, and upon ritual traditions. For him, mastery of the sciences was indispensable in the process of religious fulfilment
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-017-2128-8
URL:
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