Hume and Pascal

Hume: the logical limits of empiricism

If Descartes fails, what then?

• Option 1: we’re stuck in the mire of skepticism

• Option 2: we find other, more certain foundations for our beliefs

• Option 3: we accept some foundational beliefs on faith

• Option 4: we give up the strong criteria of certainty and accept some foundational beliefs on just the strong probability of their being true