Philosophy
Blaise Pascal
June 19th, 1623 to August 19th, 1662
Pascal's Wager [Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
Pascal's Wager [Wikipedia]
Pascal's Wager about God [The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
Blaise Pascal [Wikipedia]
- French Enlightenment
.In the 18th century there were marked changes in the thought and philosophy of European people. The Enlightenment writers believed that they were casting off the age-old shackles of ignorance and authority, and were entering an epoch enlightened by science,...
- If Richard Dawkins Died And Met His Maker...
Religious apologists have a long history of using the idea of death-bed conversions by skeptics as proof that God is real. Apparently, if you're afraid of one thing, that proves the existence of some other thing. One of the most often cited such conversions...
- Peter Singer Vs John Lennox - Is There A God?
Most public academic debates concerning the existence of God tend to feature religious apologists who propose sophisticated philosophical arguments for the existence of a supernatural or transcendent Being. Here is where we're exposed to things like...
- Pascal's Wager For Atheists
The French philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal was a true genius, and much of what he wrote in his famous Pensées has become greatly influential in modern philosophy, especially as it relates to questions of existentialism, phenomenology and...
- "fate/luck" Poll
Do you believe in fate or luck? Yes...0 No...2 Maybe...3 If you are having a streak of good luck, you don't want to rock the boat and express disbelief...kind of like Pascal's Wager. Sometimes you are in the right place at the right time and...
Philosophy
The eternal insurance policy?
Blaise Pascal June 19th, 1623 to August 19th, 1662
Pascal's Wager [Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
Pascal's Wager [Wikipedia]
Pascal's Wager about God [The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
Blaise Pascal [Wikipedia]
- French Enlightenment
.In the 18th century there were marked changes in the thought and philosophy of European people. The Enlightenment writers believed that they were casting off the age-old shackles of ignorance and authority, and were entering an epoch enlightened by science,...
- If Richard Dawkins Died And Met His Maker...
Religious apologists have a long history of using the idea of death-bed conversions by skeptics as proof that God is real. Apparently, if you're afraid of one thing, that proves the existence of some other thing. One of the most often cited such conversions...
- Peter Singer Vs John Lennox - Is There A God?
Most public academic debates concerning the existence of God tend to feature religious apologists who propose sophisticated philosophical arguments for the existence of a supernatural or transcendent Being. Here is where we're exposed to things like...
- Pascal's Wager For Atheists
The French philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal was a true genius, and much of what he wrote in his famous Pensées has become greatly influential in modern philosophy, especially as it relates to questions of existentialism, phenomenology and...
- "fate/luck" Poll
Do you believe in fate or luck? Yes...0 No...2 Maybe...3 If you are having a streak of good luck, you don't want to rock the boat and express disbelief...kind of like Pascal's Wager. Sometimes you are in the right place at the right time and...