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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... winning is p and the probability of b winning is q . Let the payoff if a wins be u and the payoff if b wins be v , and let the cost of betting on a be x and the cost of betting on b be y . On these assumptions , as long as pu - x > qvy ...
... winning is p and the probability of b winning is q . Let the payoff if a wins be u and the payoff if b wins be v , and let the cost of betting on a be x and the cost of betting on b be y . On these assumptions , as long as pu - x > qvy ...
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... winning ( and hence even if you take the probability that God exists to be extremely small ) .5 The relevant passage is this : But there is an eternity of life and happiness . That being so , [ 3 ] even though there were an infinite ...
... winning ( and hence even if you take the probability that God exists to be extremely small ) .5 The relevant passage is this : But there is an eternity of life and happiness . That being so , [ 3 ] even though there were an infinite ...
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... winning and the certainty of losing , but the proportion between the uncertainty of winning and the certainty of what is being risked is in proportion to the chances of winning or losing . ( pp . 151–52 ) Again , the passage is far from ...
... winning and the certainty of losing , but the proportion between the uncertainty of winning and the certainty of what is being risked is in proportion to the chances of winning or losing . ( pp . 151–52 ) Again , the passage is far from ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Wager in Pascal and Others | 11 |
The Logic Of Pascals Wager | 21 |
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