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In this essay, we shall propose an outlook that we believe is reflected in Jewish sources, enfolded within its texts and emerging from within its exegeses, regarding the level of planning that are part of an individual’s experience and which he/she decides to examine. This approach clarifies issues related to planning in the philosophical sense, issues dealt with by people who examine and analyze their place and position relative to their world. It is needless to point out the extent to which the possible “existence” of preordination in reality influences philosophy, thought, and human morality, and yet notwithstanding the basic philosophical aspect of the matter, it may also influence indirectly the manner in which a person directs his/her investigations into the natural sciences as well.
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Rozenson, Y. (2012). The Best Mislaid Plans: A Religious Approach to the Question of the Planning of Reality. In: Swan, L., Gordon, R., Seckbach, J. (eds) Origin(s) of Design in Nature. Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, vol 23. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4156-0_10
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