Certainty, Proof, and the Existence of God
Hello Rabbi
I saw on your website that you have files in which you believe there are philosophical proofs for the existence of God. I would appreciate it if you could please send them to me.
Besides, how can you say on the one hand that there is philosophical certainty in the existence of God, but you define your belief not as absolute certainty but as a high probability?
Thank you and have a good week.
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For this, one must understand what proof is. Proof is the derivation of a conclusion from premises. Therefore, the certainty of a conclusion is at most as high as the certainty of the premises. See my articles in Bezhar on Abraham our father and his hat and in the books Two Carts.
These files are intended to be published as a book, so I am currently unable to transfer them. I am still considering whether to upload them to the site in some form. You can follow along.
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Asks:
And there are no certain assumptions? The mere fact that I am alive? 1+1=2?
And besides, where does the certain assertion that there is no absolute certainty come from?
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Rabbi:
Who said this was a definite statement?
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Asks:
Are you not sure that there is no absolute certainty, only certainty with a high probability?
And what does it mean that there is no
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Rabbi:
It is indeed uncertain to me that there is no certainty. What does it mean to mean? If you don’t understand, then what have we been talking about so far?!
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Asks:
I simply didn’t understand the specific sentence. What’s the problem with proving things from certain premises?
And yet – you are certain in your uncertainty whether there is certainty or not.
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Rabbi:
not. I could go on like this indefinitely, but I don’t see what use it is.
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Asks:
Isn’t your mere existence a certain assumption?
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Rabbi:
I am very convinced that I exist, but conviction is not certainty. Descartes in his cogito argument claimed that it is certain. I (like many better than me) tend to think not, but it is difficult for me to elaborate on this here (why it is not necessary).
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