PHIL 100W Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Blaise Pascal, Practical Reason
31 Oct 2017
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Phil 100w - lecture 14 - james" the will to believe . Belief - belief in x means you think x is true. Disbelief - disbelief in x means you think x if false. Says that on some occasions that believing things w/o evidence is appropriate. Doesn"t think we should believe anything on faith. Says if there is decisive evidence against belief, should not be believed on faith. Takes it that evidence not decisive one way/other on issue of god"s existence. Appeal as real possibilities to whom it is proposed. Refuses to scintillate w/ any credibility at all. Says deadness & liveness in hypotheses intrinsic. Momentous/trivial - option trivial when the opportunity is not unique, when the stake is insignificant, or when the decision is reversible if it later prove unwise . If option is live, forced & momentous, james calls it genuine.
