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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... outcome , it is clear that Pascal is prepared to talk about the expectation associated with that outcome - infinite value discounted by the probability of its occurrence - as itself infinite . But what sense is to be made of infinite ...
... outcome , it is clear that Pascal is prepared to talk about the expectation associated with that outcome - infinite value discounted by the probability of its occurrence - as itself infinite . But what sense is to be made of infinite ...
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... outcome of act A to the corresponding outcome of act B , and if there exists at least one event under which the outcome of A is strictly preferred to the outcome of B , then the agent must prefer act A to act B. Let acts A and B be such ...
... outcome of act A to the corresponding outcome of act B , and if there exists at least one event under which the outcome of A is strictly preferred to the outcome of B , then the agent must prefer act A to act B. Let acts A and B be such ...
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... outcome and some most preferred outcome , to which , respectively , and in a purely arbitrary fashion , the utility values of 0 and 1 can be assigned . 13 Within that sort of framework , talk of outcomes to which infinite utility is ...
... outcome and some most preferred outcome , to which , respectively , and in a purely arbitrary fashion , the utility values of 0 and 1 can be assigned . 13 Within that sort of framework , talk of outcomes to which infinite utility is ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Wager in Pascal and Others | 11 |
The Logic Of Pascals Wager | 21 |
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