Logic in Early Modern Philosophy

With modern philosophy somewhat understood, it's time to pivot and see how logic developed during this time period. First, in the early part of this period, Pascal's wager was an important development, which was followed by the Port Royal Logic. There were also important developments by Kant, Bacon, Hume, Mill, and Llull. Let's see how Aristotelian logic developed during this time!
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If Pascal’s wager was so good then why isn’t that the only argument people per posing for it make

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I will be self-studying mathematical logic soon. Topics like these feel like they tug at the basis or fabric of other disciplines.

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The existence of quantum entanglement does seem to challenge some of the fundamental assumptions underlying our classical conception of space and time as a 3+1 dimensional continuum. Here's an attempt to mathematically illustrate how entanglement could be seen as contradicting the notion of spacetime as a separable 4-dimensional manifold: In standard quantum mechanics, the state of a composite system is represented by a vector |Ψ> in the tensor product Hilbert space H = H1 ⊗ H2 of the individual subsystem state spaces. For two entangled particles, their joint state cannot be expressed as a simple product of individual states: |Ψ> ≠ |ψ>1 ⊗ |φ>2 But instead takes an entangled superposition form, like the famous Bell state: |Ψ>= 1/√2 (|0>1|1>2 - |1>1|0>2) This entangled state vector lives in the full composite Hilbert space and cannot be decomposed into subsystem states. Mathematically, entanglement represents a non-separable holistic structure across multiple "branches" of the wavefunction. For concreteness, let's consider two entangled particles described by the spin observable S⃗1 and S⃗2 respectively. Their combined spin state is entangled: |Ψ> = 1/√2 (|↑>1|↓>2 - |↓>1|↑>2) If we measure S⃗1, say obtaining |↑>1, then the global state is projected via collapse to: |Ψ> → |↑>1|↓>2 However, this updated state for particle 2 is now correlated with the distant result for particle 1 in a way that appears to defy any "local" space-time explanation based on relativistic fields propagating continuously through a 4D manifold. The mathematical structure of entangled states seems to transcend the notion of localized objects embedded in a 3+1 dimensional arena evolving smoothly according to local field equations and general relativistic geodesics. Instead, the instantaneous influence of one particle's state on another's, potentially across cosmic distances, suggests some deeper atemporal interconnectedness that is holistically encoded across the full physical system described by the entangled wave function. In this way, the basic mathematical structure of quantum entanglement appears to contradict the idea that physical reality can be captured by local objects evolving strictly within a classical 3+1 dimensional spacetime continuum according to local differential equations. Entanglement hints at a more holistic, non-separable, and potentially atemporal unified structure intrinsic to quantum systems that is simply not capturable within the classical 3+1 dimensional spacetime manifold paradigm alone. Does this mathematical analysis help illustrate some of the core tensions between the quantum phenomenon of entanglement and the classical notion of spacetime as a separable 4D manifold? The math seems to suggest entanglement represents a much deeper interconnectedness transcending 3+1 dimensional separability.

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Seeing how Pascal's wager is flawed is really great, I can now discuss this with my Catholic friends (being a Catholic myself 😝)

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@@thomasbellerive7382 at least your acknowledge its all faith (belief without evidence).

[@yedder7628]

I mean Pascal was a genius no doubt but it’s just not the best argument even tho it’s surprisingly common argument

[@yedder7628]

“This statement isn’t true” is it true or not?

[@VideoGameVillians]

Pascal's wager also ignores the fact that living life as though god were real may require sacrificing happiness in the one life that w actually know is real.

[@kane2369]

Exactly, suspending disbelief in something you genuinely think is false and the anguish one might face pretending/forcing it.

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The Problem is that Assumes Religious people cannot be Happy and Cannot experience a Happy Content life.

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Pascal's Mugging: Give me five dollars, or I will terminate the lives of a trillion computer simulated yet sentient pixies from Planet Pixie in Dimension Z!

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You took Pascal's Wager a little out of his context. But I understand.

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YES

[@Returnality]

In modern philosophy, maximally great being is the standard definition of God. It's also completely normal in philosophy to argue about things that have no standard definition. Knowledge and warrant are great examples. Even the definition of truth is debated, but that is not a reason to argue about what is true and what isn't.

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[@jmike2039]

You could just have a god that exists and rewards atheists for not buying into established religions and punishes religious people. How have we declared the expectation on the hypothesis outside of pulling it from thin cloth exactly? Its not clear to me thst theres an expectation a god would even create a universe, you have to add nore auxiliary hypotheses about its character, desires, attributes, etc all of which lower the prior probability in conjunction with the hypothesis of a mind that exists alone prior to creation.

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"Pascal's Wager" was a joke - a real-time satire intended to be used the way Jordan Klepper baits MAGA loons at a Trump rally; yet the Academy turned it into "philosophy"!

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