@ARTICLE{Detlaf_Tomasz_From_2022, author={Detlaf, Tomasz}, number={No 1}, journal={Przegląd Filozoficzny. Nowa Seria}, pages={27-47}, howpublished={online}, year={2022}, publisher={Komitet Nauk Filozoficznych PAN}, publisher={Wydział Filozofii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego}, abstract={The aim of this article is to show that philosophy of Blaise Pascal can be interpreted as defeating skepticism not by supernatural intuition but by pragmatic reasoning. For this purpose, I present in the article: (1) the geometrical method as the best available method for justifying statements, (2) circumstances that make human reason fallible, (3) the defense against skepticism pointing out that besides reasoning we still have intuitive knowledge of first principles, (4) remarks indicating that intuition cannot be a source of certainty, (5) the resulting contradictions are not problematic for Pascal because they serve the apologetic purpose of his work, and that the skeptical arguments presented do not prevent rational action.}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={From the infallibility of mathematics to uncertainty of practice: Skepticism and how it has been overcome in the philosophy of Blaise Pascal}, URL={http://sd.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/123408/PDF-MASTER/2022-01-PFIL-02-Detlaf.pdf}, doi={10.24425/pfns.2022.141104}, keywords={certainty, intuition, B. Pascal, pragmatism, skepticism}, }