The Boundaries of Knowledge: The Unity of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik’s Jewish Philosophy in Light of His Doctoral Dissertation

Abstract Two philosophical positions adopted by Soloveitchik in his doctoral dissertation continued to inform his Jewish philosophical writings throughout his career. The first position, epistemological pluralism, stands behind Soloveitchik’s approach to the religious view of causality and repentanc...

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Published in:The journal of Jewish thought & philosophy
Main Author: Smilowitz, Mark (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: The journal of Jewish thought & philosophy
Further subjects:B Neo-Kantianism
B Paul Natorp
B Hermann Cohen
B Ernst Cassirer
B Soloveitchik
B Marburg
B Existentialism
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Summary:Abstract Two philosophical positions adopted by Soloveitchik in his doctoral dissertation continued to inform his Jewish philosophical writings throughout his career. The first position, epistemological pluralism, stands behind Soloveitchik’s approach to the religious view of causality and repentance in his writings during the 1940s–1960s. It also grounds his consistent use of the dialectical method. The second position, the eternal mystery of the unknown, comes from the Marburg neo-Kantian Paul Natorp; this idea is a consistent thread throughout Soloveitchik’s writings and a foundation of his existentialist writings through the late 1970s. The conclusion suggests how these two positions might be related to one another.
ISSN:1477-285X
Contains:Enthalten in: The journal of Jewish thought & philosophy
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/1477285X-12341337