PHL 201 Lecture Notes - Blaise Pascal
18 Apr 2013
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Inference a conclusion drawn from evidence take something you know to learn something new. Pens s arguments for the existence of god. Arguments against the existence of god is a waste of time. The god that the arguments prove, is not a god we want to worship. We associate god as someone/something that care about us therefore we don"t want to worship holy battery: doesn"t care about us. Pascal we almost never believe on the basis of proof, no faith on basis of proof. Trust is belief in the absence of truth. 17th century people start using the telescope: galleleo in 1630. First who turned the telescope towards the heaven. Planets are not holes, (discovered thanks to moons rotating around the planet) If there is a god, he created a universe infinite. And yet we believe: if we are rational, we won"t worship god.
