THE CONCEPTION OF TRUTH IN THE REASON OF EFFECTS OF PASCAL

Authors

  • Rodrigo Hayasi Pinto Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2447-9012.espinosa.2019.159445

Keywords:

Anthropology, Axiomatization, Truth, Method, Epistemology, Paradox

Abstract

This paper aims to discuss the concept of truth in Blaise Pascal’s The Reason of Effects. In the booklet Geometrical Spirit, Pascal detects limits in reasonability, which prevent the absolute apprehension of geometrical principles. According to us, The Reason of Effects method, applied in Pensées, would also be structured under this assumption. In Pensées, Pascal, as confronted with the impossibility of a full apprehension of man, is led to assume a bipolar conception of truth within the scope of the The Reason of Effects method, where these two poles that constitute human nature – misery and greatness – are valued through the original sin. Thus, both in Geometrical Spirit and in Pensées, limits are detected which prevent us from obtaining an absolute conception of truth, both in theoretical and practical sense.
practical sense

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Published

2019-06-27

Issue

No. 40 (2019): ESPECIAL BLAISE PASCAL

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How to Cite

Pinto, R. H. (2019). THE CONCEPTION OF TRUTH IN THE REASON OF EFFECTS OF PASCAL. Cadernos Espinosanos, 40, 65-94. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2447-9012.espinosa.2019.159445