Title: At the Center of the Universe
Description: 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.
Subjects: Philosophy, Judaism, science, economics, epistemology, ontological argument
People: Copernicus, Jaakko Hintikka, Maimonides, Thomas Kuhn, Willard Quine, Clifford Geertz