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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... gamble whose expected monetary return is infinite , one should be prepared to pay any amount of money to participate in this gamble . Confronted with a gamble that similarly has infinite expectation ( of happiness or whatever ) , Pascal ...
... gamble whose expected monetary return is infinite , one should be prepared to pay any amount of money to participate in this gamble . Confronted with a gamble that similarly has infinite expectation ( of happiness or whatever ) , Pascal ...
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... gamble . This is typically ensured by invoking a continuity axiom . See , for example , Luce and Raiffa ( 1957 , Ch . 2 ) . 9. What is odd is not that believers are prepared to shed their earthly possessions but that nonbelievers should ...
... gamble . This is typically ensured by invoking a continuity axiom . See , for example , Luce and Raiffa ( 1957 , Ch . 2 ) . 9. What is odd is not that believers are prepared to shed their earthly possessions but that nonbelievers should ...
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... gamble whose odds improve endlessly over time . If she loses this gamble , Ms. C spends eternity in hell . How long should the lady wait ? If the disutility of one second in hell is finite , then it is outweighed by the alternative of ...
... gamble whose odds improve endlessly over time . If she loses this gamble , Ms. C spends eternity in hell . How long should the lady wait ? If the disutility of one second in hell is finite , then it is outweighed by the alternative of ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Wager in Pascal and Others | 11 |
The Logic Of Pascals Wager | 21 |
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