Gersonides on the role of the active intellect in human cognition

Gersonides sought to base knowledge of unchanging universals on an empirical basis, in effect marrying the epistemologies of Plato and Aristotle. Recent scholarly studies have pointed to allegedly unresolved tensions in Gersonides' epistemology, claiming especially to find strains between Gerso...

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Main Author: Ḳelner, Menaḥem 1946- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: College 1994
In: Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion
Year: 1994, Volume: 65, Pages: 233-259
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Judaism / Middle Ages
RelBib Classification:BH Judaism
TE Middle Ages
Further subjects:B Leṿi ben Gershon (1288-1344)
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