Stoffel, Jean-François. “Pierre Duhem: Un savant-philosophe dans le sillage de Blaise Pascal.” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 63, no. 1–3 (2007): 275–307. DOI 10.17990/RPF/2007_63_1_0275.
| Author | Jean-François Stoffel |
|---|---|
| Rights | © 2015 Aletheia - Associação Científica e Cultural | © 2015 Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 1-3 |
| Pages | 275-307 |
| Publication | Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia |
| ISSN | 0870-5283; 2183-461X |
| Date | 2007 |
| DOI | 10.17990/RPF/2007_63_1_0275 |
| Language | French |
| Abstract | Abstract: This article starts, on the one hand, with a consideration of the paradoxical way in which, namely when he wanted to evoke those intellectual figures that have decidedly contributed to the revelation of the “true Pascal”, i.e., of the Pascal that had known the good usage of reason, Fortunat Strowski comes to the idea of putting side by side Pierre Duhem and Léon Brunschvicg. On the other, a reference is made to the fact that Duhem only published two articles and a preface on Pascal while Brunschvicg is the author of a major work on the great figure of the xviith. Century. Hence, the question raised is about the consideration that shall be given to a paradoxical affirmation that seems to place on equal terms the few pages that Duhem has written on Pascal with the imposing contributions of Brunschvicg. For the author of the article, it would not be very consequent to take such affirmations as if they were unreflected ones, since it is clear that Strowski knew exactly what he was writing as we can see from the very good knowledge he had of the writings of both Blaise Pascal and Pierre Duhem. Indeed, and more than anyone else, Strowski was in a very good position to enlighten us about these two thinkers and to write about them in the terms he effectively did. The goal of the article, therefore, is to justify that assertion, which on its face is quite paradoxical, by showing in concrete terms the extent to which Pierre Duhem was truly influenced by Blaise Pascal. Key Words: Apologetics; Common sense; Duhem, Pierre (1861-1916); Faith and Science; France, Intellectual life; German Science; History of Science; Invention; Mechanicism; Metaphysics and Science; Orders, Theory of the; Pascal, Blaise (1623-1662); Phenomenalism; Physics and Metaphysics; Pyrrhonism; Realism; Social Dimension of Science; Truth. |
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