[Avodah] kal ve-chomer

[Micha Berger]

On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 07:44:13PM +0200, Eli Turkel wrote:
: I am struggling with trying to understand a kal ve-chamor. It obviously
: doesnt correspond to rules from standard logic.

I am actually happier with the possibility that QvC isn't standard logic.
It is listed among middos shehatorah nidreshes bahen, and rules of
logic that were well known in Chazal's day -- such as Aristotle's study
of syllogisms -- are not. The question of why QvC is derashah and not
sevara has bothered me.

And if so, then asking what justifies QvC is like asking what justifies
kelal uperat -- the Author told us the system works that way. It's not
a priori logic, it's a posited rule of the system.

-Micha

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