issue of confirmation and disconfirmation in Jewish thought after the Shoah
TitleThe issue of confirmation and disconfirmation in Jewish thought after the Shoah
Author
Call number296.3/0023
Object number05954b
Place of publicationNew York, New York, United States
PublisherNew York University Press
Year of publication
2005
Physical descriptionpp13-60
MaterialArticle
ISBN0814747841
NotesArticle from the book 'The impact of the Holocaust on Jewish theology' pp13-60
Description
The author argues theologians and philosphers of religion need to pay close attention to the logical matters of confirmation and disconfirmation when they attempt to answer questions regarding divine justice - and this nowhere more so than when Jewish thinkers attend to the issue of theodicy after Auschwitz. Katz in this essay critically reviews some of the efforts that have been made in this area as a first step towards trying to think through to a more substantial, defensible Jewish theological response to the Shoah.