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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... argues . If that is so , then Pascal's wager may play , Quinn suggests , a limited but useful role in a theistic apologetic program . George Schlesinger examines three common objections offered against the wager in Chapter 7. The first ...
... argues . If that is so , then Pascal's wager may play , Quinn suggests , a limited but useful role in a theistic apologetic program . George Schlesinger examines three common objections offered against the wager in Chapter 7. The first ...
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... argues , if infinite utilities are brought in , then it is all too easy to generate inconsistent results from the standard axioms . And , it is far from clear , McClennen argues , whether the Pascalian can circumvent this problem by an ...
... argues , if infinite utilities are brought in , then it is all too easy to generate inconsistent results from the standard axioms . And , it is far from clear , McClennen argues , whether the Pascalian can circumvent this problem by an ...
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... argues that any version of the wager is evidentially useless as a decision- theoretic guide to rational action since a situation of indeterminacy or " Pascalian parity " results even when one's partition includes only those religious ...
... argues that any version of the wager is evidentially useless as a decision- theoretic guide to rational action since a situation of indeterminacy or " Pascalian parity " results even when one's partition includes only those religious ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Wager in Pascal and Others | 11 |
The Logic Of Pascals Wager | 21 |
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