Prudential Versus Probative Arguments for Religious Faith: Descartes and Pascal on Reason and Faith
In this article, I show that Pascal's prudential agenda, centered on the Wager, more successfully overcomes the restrictions of Pyrrhonic skepticism expressed by Montaigne than Descartes' probative philosophy, which was based on his ontological argument for God's existence. Descarte...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI
[2017]
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Religions
Year: 2017, Volume: 8, Issue: 8, Pages: 1-15 |
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Prudential Reasoning
B knowledge of God B Pascal B Descartes |
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