Nothing else

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Abstract

"Jewish Nothing-elsism" is the school of thought according to which there is nothing else besides God. This school is sometimes and erroneously interpreted as pantheistic or acosmic. In this paper I argue that Jewish Nothing-elsism is better interpreted as a form of "panentheistic priority holism", and still better interpreted as a form of "idealistic priority monism". On this final interpretation, Jewish Nothing-elsism is neither pantheist, panentheist, nor acosmic. Jewish Nothing-elsism is Hassidic idealism, and nothing else. Moreover, I argue that Jewish Nothing-elsism follows from some very basic assumptions common to almost every theist. All theists should be Nothing-elsers.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)91-110
Number of pages20
JournalEuropean Journal for Philosophy of Religion
Volume11
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019

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ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Religious studies
  • Philosophy

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