Pascal and the question of knowledge’s limits

Authors

  • Rodrigo Hayasi Pinto Universidade Federal de São Carlos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2447-9012.espinosa.2010.89418

Keywords:

Pascal, Geometry, Epistemology, Axiomatization, Verificability

Abstract

The main purpose of this article is to discuss the theory of knowledge by the French philosopher Blaise Pascal (1623-1662). Starting from the opuscule entitled “The Geometrical Spirit and the Art of Persuading”, we will try to show Pascal’s epistemological concerns on the idea of science’s foundation. We will emphasize a concept that seems to be emphasized in great part of his work as a experimental physicist and philosopher: it is the realization of the knowledge’s limits. According to us, the comprehension of such limits is essential for the understanding of how new theorems are produced in geometry and how the hypothesis are justified in the empirical context.

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Author Biography

  • Rodrigo Hayasi Pinto, Universidade Federal de São Carlos
    Doutor em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos e Professor da PUC do Paraná.

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Published

2010-12-15

Issue

No. 24 (2010)

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Artigos

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How to Cite

Pinto, R. H. (2010). Pascal and the question of knowledge’s limits. Cadernos Espinosanos, 24, 67-92. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2447-9012.espinosa.2010.89418