Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) Blaise Pascal was a French philosopher, mathematician, scientist, inventor, and theologian. In mathematics, he was an early pioneer in the fields of game theory and probability theory. In philosophy he was an early pioneer in existentialism. As a writer on theology and religion he was a defender of Christianity.
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) Martin Jenkins looks at the life of a mathematician-philosopher apologist. Blaise Pascal was a physicist, mathematician, geometer, calculating-machine designer, controversialist and Christian apologist – but was he a philosopher? He would probably have said no, bearing in mind the implications of the term in his own ...
When Blaise Pascal , an eccentric French monk, fiddled around with some simple but startling observations that would eventually mature into probability theory, he was letting the proverbial genie out of the bottle. Probability theory and the discoveries following it changed the way we regard uncertainty, risk, decision-making, and an individual ...
It was on this day, June 19th in 1623, that Blaise Pascal was born in France, south of Paris in Clermont-Auvergne. A mathematician, philosopher, and general man of letters, he is best known for his last work, published posthumously as the Pensees (French for “Thoughts”) mostly in aphoristic form.
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) was a French scientist, mathematician, and philosopher whose work influenced both the Scientific Revolution and later European thought. Pascal is known for his practical achievements in science, such as a calculating machine, demonstration of the variations possible in air pressure depending on altitude, and a theory of probability.
In an apostolic letter released on June 19, 2023, Pope Francis praised the “brilliant and inquisitive mind” of the influential French philosopher Blaise Pascal, born on that date 400 years ago
Blaise Pascal (June 19, 1623 – August 19, 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher.Pascal was a child prodigy, who was educated by his father. Pascal's earliest work was in the natural and applied sciences, where he made important contributions to the construction of mechanical calculators and the study of fluids, and clarified the concepts of pressure and ...
Blaise Pascal; Pascal’s Wager about God; Article(s) Philosophy Now. Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) Podcasts. This section features episodes from leading philosophy podcasts. These are also aimed at a general audience and are a good option for beginners who prefer audio content. Philosophy Bites. Ben Rogers on Pascal’s Pensées; In Our Time. Pascal
Blaise Pascal: Mathematician, Physicist and Thinker about God. Basingstoke, UK: Macmillan, 1995. A comprehensive review of Pascal’s life, divided into chronological periods, and of the corresponding works that he produced in each period. The text contains much more discussion of scientific, mathematical, and theological themes than of philosophy.
Blaise Pascal performed experiments with mercury barometers initially in Rouen and Paris, and published Expériences nouvelles touchant la vide in 1647. He subsequently arranged for his brother-in-law, Florin Périer, to conduct on his behalf one of the most famous experiments of the scientific revolution on the puy-de-Dôme, in the Auvergne. ...
Blaise Pascal believed that diversion is a way people avoid confronting the deeper truths of life, such as the reality of their own existence and mortality. According to Pascal, humans are naturally restless and often seek distractions to escape feelings of unhappiness or emptiness. He argued that people turn to diversion because it prevents ...
(1623–62). Regarded as a brilliant man in his own time, Blaise Pascal made contributions to science, mathematics, and religious philosophy for all time. His works Les Provinciales (Provincial Letters) and Pensées (Thoughts), both religious, are considered masterpieces of prose. Pascal was born in Clermont-Ferrand in central France on June 19 ...
In five stages, this essay works out an account of the aphorism as a philosophical genre. First, I outline a preliminary, general strategy for elucidating the aphorism as an expression of “aphoristic consciousness.” Then I discuss Blaise Pascal's aphoristic style, concentrating on exegetical issues surrounding his Pensées. Next, I demonstrate that aphoristic consciousness (understood in ...
Blaise Pascal (born June 19, 1623, Clermont-Ferrand, France—died August 19, 1662, Paris) was a French mathematician, physicist, religious philosopher, and master of prose.He laid the foundation for the modern theory of probabilities, formulated what came to be known as Pascal’s principle of pressure, and propagated a religious doctrine that taught the experience of God through the heart ...
Blaise Pascal, (born June 19, 1623, Clermont-Ferrand, France—died Aug. 19, 1662, Paris), French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher.The son of a mathematician, he was a child prodigy, earning the envy of René Descartes with an essay he wrote on conic sections in 1640. In the 1640s and ’50s he made contributions to physics (formulating Pascal’s law) and mathematics ...
Blaise Pascal (June 19, 1623 to August 19, 1662) Pascal was one of the most remarkable figures of the Scientific Revolution.Though he lived to be only 39 years old, he left his mark in many diverse fields. His mathematical genius manifested itself early: at the age of sixteen he discovered a beautiful theorem in “projective geometry” that became famous as “Pascal’s Theorem.”
