Gambling on God: Essays on Pascal's WagerJeff Jordan Rowman & Littlefield, 1994 - Всего страниц: 168 Gambling on God brings together a superb collection of new and classic essays that provide the first sustained analysis of Pascal's Wager and the idea of an infinite utility as well as the first in-depth look at moral objections to the Wager. |
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... God's existence . This argument can work only for people who are , in the strongest sense , exactly as unsure whether God exists as they are unsure whether he does not exist . Against all other agnostics , another argu- ment is called ...
... God's existence . This argument can work only for people who are , in the strongest sense , exactly as unsure whether God exists as they are unsure whether he does not exist . Against all other agnostics , another argu- ment is called ...
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... God's existence is a sure thing : in the event that God does not exist , you do no worse , and in the event that God does exist , you do much better . The relevant passage occurs right after the opening lines ( as given above ) : since ...
... God's existence is a sure thing : in the event that God does not exist , you do no worse , and in the event that God does exist , you do much better . The relevant passage occurs right after the opening lines ( as given above ) : since ...
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... God . For Ivan , however , the important question is not whether to act as if we believed in God's existence or not but whether , granting his existence , this forces us in any way to accept or reject his theistic plan . And , to my way ...
... God . For Ivan , however , the important question is not whether to act as if we believed in God's existence or not but whether , granting his existence , this forces us in any way to accept or reject his theistic plan . And , to my way ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Wager in Pascal and Others | 11 |
The Logic Of Pascals Wager | 21 |
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