Probabilistic Foundations of Rabbinic Methods for Resolving Uncertainty

Koppel, Moshe

doi:10.1515/sh-2017-0015

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Probabilistic Foundations of Rabbinic Methods for Resolving Uncertainty

Studia Humana

Volume 6 (2017): Issue 2 (June 2017)

By: Moshe Koppel

Open Access

|Aug 2017

Abstract

We consider several fundamental principles of rabbinic approaches to handling uncertainty for legal purposes. We find that non-numerical versions of ideas subsequently developed in the literature on interpretations of probabilistic statements are useful for explicating these rabbinic principles.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sh-2017-0015 | Journal eISSN: 2299-0518

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Language: English

Page range: 116 - 125

Published on: Aug 22, 2017

Published by: University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

Keywords:

rabbinic law,

interpretations of probability

Related subjects:

Business and economics,

Political economics,

Political economics, other,

Mathematics,

Logic and set theory,

Philosophy,

Philosophy, other

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