Episode #031 ... Pascal's Wager

第031集......帕斯卡的赌注

Philosophize This‪!‬

社会与文化

2014-08-12

27 分钟
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On this episode of the podcast, we begin our discussion of Blaise Pascal by examining Pascal's Wager. We begin by hearkening back to last week's episode and imagine Pascal as Descartes' wingman in a door-to-door campaign to convince us to believe in God. Whereas Descartes tries to prove that God exists, Pascal simply argues that believing in God is the most logical choice (assuming you want to avoid eternal damnation). We then examine various arguments for and against Pascal's wager, including some submitted by our Twitter followers. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This! Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help.  Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis  Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow
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  • So last week, we visualized what it would be like if Rene Descartes came to your door,

  • kind of like he was a Jehovah's Witness,

  • and he tried to talk you into believing the way he does when it comes to the nature of existence.

  • We talked about these types of conversations in general,

  • where these people come to your door and they try to convert you, and these conversations typically go down two paths.

  • They either try to prove the legitimacy of their ethical doctrine,

  • or they try to make you believe in God, based on where you are before the conversation starts.

  • Now, we visualize Descartes sitting on your couch, drinking your lemonade, and trying to prove to you that God exists.

  • Now, if you thought this visual was ridiculous at the time, that's because it was.

  • I mean, think about it.

  • Nobody really comes to your door in today's world and asks you what you believe.

  • You say, I'm not sure whether God exists,

  • and then they sit you down and they start trying to rationally prove the existence of God with charts and graphs and arguments.