[Avodah] R'YBS / Kant

[Joel Rich]

Conversation between Me and R J Ziring on one of his shiurim:

Me: Wasn’t sure from what you were saying whether you believe post-Kant one
can “prove” religion in a traditional sense. (VS. R’YBS)

R’JZ:” I do not agree with the Rav following Kant in general on this issue,
but partially because I do not agree with his sense of “proof.” I agree
with Stephen Meyers in The Return of the God Hypothesis, that we should
think of proof the way we do in science- bringing evidence that strengthens
a hypothesis, using abductive reasoning.” (Definition – “abductive
reasoning represents an inference to the best explanation.”)

Me: What I suspected – the challenge is that to many laymen if you can’t
“prove” it (like the Pythagorean theorem, although that also relies on
axioms) then they are not bound.

Your thoughts?


KT
Joel Rich
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