An edition of At the Center of the Universe
(1982)
At the Center of the Universe
Essays on Western Intellectual Space
by Mordecai Plaut
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This collection of eight essays plus Introduction challenges many of society's most fundamental ideas about the world and ourselves with reasonable, original alternatives. Written from an unapologetically Jewish viewpoint, these essays will be of interest to any intellectually inquisitive person. Is economic gain a universal drive? Is it reasonable to say that the world is the result of chance occurrences? Does humanism understate the value of humanity? These questions and others are considered.
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Table of Contents
Introduction : Where are We? 1
Notes on an Outmoded World View 8
*It is (mechanically) true to say that the earth goes around the sun and also to say that the sun goes around the earth. It is all relative. But really, the sun goes around the earth.
The Rise of the Science of Economics and the Idea of Gain 33
*Modern economic theory and the use of markets to regulate production and distribution of goods and services rest on some big assumptions, and they are not necessarily universal patterns of human behavior.
How to Succeed in Knowing without Really Seeing 59
*A solid tradition is a logically valid way of knowing things. Much stronger than empirical evidence, it has the power of mathematical induction.
Reason and Random 77
*If the world is fundamentally random, it is not reasonable. It may not be unreasonable to suggest
*that the world is a result of random processes, but it is deeply hostile to reason itself.
A Timely Note 91
*Based on an analysis of the essentials of a measurement system, in particular a measurement system for time, this essay argues that the days mentioned in Genesis cannot be the same as our days. They must be measures on a different basis. It shows how the error of scientists is "reasonable," and does not really support any attacks on the Bible.
A Look into Proofs of G-d 108
A Sound Mind 140
The Scientist as Poet; the Baal Mesorah as Scientist 153
*Science, at its best, is poetic fiction – mythmaking. Torah is truth.
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