Jansenistyczna glosa w dyskusji o magisterium nauki i magisterium wiary

The pointing out of two types of magistery, ie. that of science and faith, has its traditions reaching back to medieval times. It has been brought back to our attention by the American evolutionary biologist Jay S. Gould. However his view that those are not just „non-overlapping magisteria” but are under certain circumstances complementary met with criticism from the side of those who think science needs no such completion. In my remarks I do not follow neither Gould’s path, nor that of his critics. I recall nevertheless those solutions of the two magisteria issue which had been proposed by the Port Royal logicians – A. Arnould and P. Nicola, as well that of Blaise Pascal. They generally fit into the theological and philosophical current called jansenism. Between their standpoints occur  however important differences. They present the fact that the stressing out one of those magisteria depends on not just the understanding science and religious faith but also on perception and judgement of the existential situation of man in the earthly life.