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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... problem requires a partition of possible actions . As Pascal sees it , you either act with complete indifference to God or you act in such a way that you will , in due course , believe in his existence and his edicts . There is no cant ...
... problem requires a partition of possible actions . As Pascal sees it , you either act with complete indifference to God or you act in such a way that you will , in due course , believe in his existence and his edicts . There is no cant ...
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... problem is posed by Pascal's tendency to talk ( first in connection with the equal - odds expectation argument ) of outcomes in terms of number of lives , or amount of happiness , rather than out- comes whose value is some multiple of ...
... problem is posed by Pascal's tendency to talk ( first in connection with the equal - odds expectation argument ) of outcomes in terms of number of lives , or amount of happiness , rather than out- comes whose value is some multiple of ...
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... problem of specification arises at a new level . Another round of randomization to choose the size of lottery will just start us on an infinite regress : how big should that metalottery be ? Constructing an infinite lottery would ensure ...
... problem of specification arises at a new level . Another round of randomization to choose the size of lottery will just start us on an infinite regress : how big should that metalottery be ? Constructing an infinite lottery would ensure ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Wager in Pascal and Others | 11 |
The Logic Of Pascals Wager | 21 |
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