Pascal’s Theory of Knowledge
Blaise Pascal was a French Physicist, Mathematician, and Theologian. He was born on June 19, 1623, in Clermont-Ferrand. He founded the modern theory of probability. He invented the first calculator and published a groundbreaking series of letters Les Provincial. He wrote notes and letters that would be posthumously organized and published as the Pensees. During the seventeenth century, the scientific and theological controversies shaped the intellectual outlook of natural and social scientists. He did not publish a separate essay or letter on the theory of knowledge, but his other articles and notes provide an overall view on this subject. Though he left contradictory insights about natural knowledge and which recognize the unique role of religious belief. Pascal also acknowledged geometric understanding and logical outcomes. On the other hand, his skepticism, pragmatic, and empiricism are trapped in a kind of philosophical limbo. He further said that our knowledge of the natural worl...