Page 8 - Judaic Logic

8. INITIAL IMPRESSIONS. .......................................................................................... 109
1. Methods and Contents. .......................................................................................... 109
2. Davqa or Lav-davqa? .......................................................................................... 114
3. Kushya and Terutz. .............................................................................................. 119
4. Standards of Knowledge. ...................................................................................... 122
9. TRADITIONAL TEACHINGS. ................................................................................ 124
1. Hermeneutics. ........................................................................................................ 124
a. Inferences of information. ................................................................................. 127
b. Elucidation of terms. ......................................................................................... 128
c. Harmonization. .................................................................................................. 130
2. Heuristics. .............................................................................................................. 133
3. A Methodical Approach. ....................................................................................... 138
10. THE THIRTEEN MIDOT (I). ................................................................................ 143
1. Exposition and Evaluation. .................................................................................... 143
2. Inference of Information. ...................................................................................... 145
3. Scope of Terms. ..................................................................................................... 155
11. THE THIRTEEN MIDOT (II). .............................................................................. 160
4. Harmonization. ...................................................................................................... 160
12. THE SINAI CONNECTION. ................................................................................... 184
1. Verdict on Rabbinic Hermeneutics. ...................................................................... 184
2. Artificial Blocks to Natural Development of the Law. ......................................... 190
3. How “Tradition” Keeps Growing. ......................................................................... 198
13. ON THE CONCEPT OF MITZVAH. ..................................................................... 202
1. Basic Properties. .................................................................................................... 202
2. Complementary Factors. ....................................................................................... 206
3. How to Count Mitzvot. .......................................................................................... 211
4. Commanded vs. Personal Morality. ..................................................................... 217
14. LOGICAL ASPECTS OF EMUNAH. .................................................................... 221
1. On Natural Proofs of Religion. .............................................................................. 221
2. Theodicy and the Believer’s Wager. ..................................................................... 224
3. Faith and Justice. ................................................................................................... 227
4. Legislated Belief. ................................................................................................... 229
15. EPILOGUE. ............................................................................................................... 233
1. Motives of the Present Research. .......................................................................... 233
2. Conclusions of Our Study. .................................................................................... 235
16. APPENDICES. .......................................................................................................... 247
1. Further Notes on A-Fortiori Argument. ................................................................ 247
2. Notions of Time. .................................................................................................... 250
3. Gematria. ............................................................................................................... 257
4. Three Texts Reviewed. .......................................................................................... 260
a. Feigenbaum’s Understanding the Talmud. ....................................................... 260
b. Rabinowich’s Talmudic Terminology. .............................................................. 262
c. The Ramchal’s Ways of Reason. ....................................................................... 267
5. The Hebrew Language. ......................................................................................... 269
6. Further Notes on Harmonization Rules. ................................................................ 275