Sulla epistemologia di Pascal. Note a margine della Lettera al Padre Noël

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RIVISTA DI FILOSOFIA NEO-SCOLASTICA - 2024 - 1. Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) Metafisica, Scienza, Teologia

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Sulla epistemologia di Pascal. Note a margine della Lettera al Padre Noël

On Pascal’s Epistemology. Notes in the Margin of the Letter to Father Noël

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Paolo Pagani

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Vita e Pensiero

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09-2024

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10.26350/001050_000443

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0035-6247 (stampa) | 1827-7926 (digitale)

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In his 1647 letter to Father Noël, Blaise Pascal briefly outlines his critical theory of scientific knowledge in general. Our article analyzes this letter and relates it to other places in Pascal’s works where his critical theory is developed and applied. There are two major points of emphasis in this theory. The first one is the superiority that Pascal recognizes in «geometry» over «logic»: a superiority that lies in the clarification that «geometric» knowledge provides of its conceptual apparatus and in the explicit use of the apagogical method. The second one is the ante litteram falsificationist approach that Pascal reserves for knowledge that does not enjoy apagogical status. Also relevant is the consideration that apagogical demonstration normally introduces truths that contain a mystery, which cannot be deepened by the esprit de géométrie but rather requires the esprit de finesse.