@ARTICLE{Ostrowski_Andrzej_Transcend_2023,
 author={Ostrowski, Andrzej},
 number={No 4},
 journal={Przegląd Filozoficzny. Nowa Seria},
 pages={397-410},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2023},
 publisher={Komitet Nauk Filozoficznych PAN},
 publisher={Wydział Filozofii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego},
 abstract={Compared to other thinkers dealing with the problem of man, Blaise Pascal is an exceptional philosopher. To justify this statement, it is enough to draw attention to the connection between the way in which man is understood and the issue of the limits of reason. According to Pascal “man is an incomprehensible monster” and the autonomous reason does not provide us with certain knowledge. The purpose of this article is to draw attention to the implications that arise from Pascal’s philosophy both in relation to the way in which man is understood and the issue of the limits of reason. Because the two topics are related, I have described these implications as ‘monstrous’. In the context of Pascal’s philosophy ‘monstrous’ implications also means ‘strange and hard to accept but possible’. One of such implications is that man is a paradox. Another can be expressed by the question: Does setting limits of reason by reason mean crossing them?},
 type={Artykuł},
 title={Transcend the Impassable: About Monstrous Implications of Pascal’s Philosophy},
 URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/134646/PDF/2023-04-PFIL-25.pdf},
 doi={10.24425/pfns.2023.148667},
 keywords={limits of reason, man, B. Pascal, reason, stupidity},
}