David Shatz
Biographic Data
| ID | 313852 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Shatz |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Shatz |
| SIGNATURE | SHATZ D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yeshiva University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Skepticism, Revisionary Metaphysics, and Why Epistemic Akrasia May Be Good for You
One of the most salient features of epistemology in the past two decades—in fact, perhaps the most salient—is the explosion of literature on how higher-order evidence impacts the rationality of one’s first-order beliefs. Higher-order evidence is, primarily, evidence about what one’s evidence supports. An important concept in the debate is epistemic akrasia. Roughly, the akrates believes: “p, but my evidence does not support p.” Criticisms of epis…
Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik and Western Culture
Berkovits and the Priority of the Ethical
Ethics is at the center of Eliezer Berkovits’s views on many vital questions in Jewish thought. Indeed, he speaks of “the priority of the ethical.” This essay considers three areas related to ethics in which Berkovits’s thought exhibits certain tensions: his critique of science, his critique of situation ethics, and his explanation of ritual. These tensions reflect the fact that Berkovits has a dual goal. On the one hand, he criticizes lives devo…
Remembering Marvin Fox
Family Redeemed
Rav Avraham Itzhak HaCohen Kook
Interpreting Maimonides
Circularity and epistemic principles
The Miracle of Theism . J. L. Mackie
Foundationalism, coherentism, and the levels gambit
Foundationalism, coherentism, and the levels gambit
The Miracle of Theism . J. L. Mackie
Circularity and epistemic principles
Interpreting Maimonides
Rav Avraham Itzhak HaCohen Kook
Family Redeemed
Remembering Marvin Fox
Berkovits and the Priority of the Ethical
Ethics is at the center of Eliezer Berkovits’s views on many vital questions in Jewish thought. Indeed, he speaks of “the priority of the ethical.” This essay considers three areas related to ethics in which Berkovits’s thought exhibits certain tensions: his critique of science, his critique of situation ethics, and his explanation of ritual. These tensions reflect the fact that Berkovits has a dual goal. On the one hand, he criticizes lives devo…
Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik and Western Culture
Skepticism, Revisionary Metaphysics, and Why Epistemic Akrasia May Be Good for You
One of the most salient features of epistemology in the past two decades—in fact, perhaps the most salient—is the explosion of literature on how higher-order evidence impacts the rationality of one’s first-order beliefs. Higher-order evidence is, primarily, evidence about what one’s evidence supports. An important concept in the debate is epistemic akrasia. Roughly, the akrates believes: “p, but my evidence does not support p.” Criticisms of epis…
Philosophy (9 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · History (4 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (4 works) · Metaphysics (4 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (3 works) · Philosophy of science (3 works) · Religious studies (3 works) · Theology (3 works) · Classics (2 works)