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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... Paradox can be solved by attending to risk . Paul Weirich elaborates . Weirich is willing to grant that the St. Petersburg bet has an infinite expected utility but goes on to demonstrate that the risk is also infinite . In particular ...
... Paradox can be solved by attending to risk . Paul Weirich elaborates . Weirich is willing to grant that the St. Petersburg bet has an infinite expected utility but goes on to demonstrate that the risk is also infinite . In particular ...
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... paradoxes . Although they were historically couched as problems for the description of motion , they can be reinterpreted into puzzles about value . For instance , Achilles and the Tortoise can equally well race for a higher standard of ...
... paradoxes . Although they were historically couched as problems for the description of motion , they can be reinterpreted into puzzles about value . For instance , Achilles and the Tortoise can equally well race for a higher standard of ...
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... paradox arises for efforts to efficiently specify a number . Consider " the least integer not nameable in fewer than nineteen syllables . " This definite description refers to a number in just eighteen syllables . Perhaps a variant of ...
... paradox arises for efforts to efficiently specify a number . Consider " the least integer not nameable in fewer than nineteen syllables . " This definite description refers to a number in just eighteen syllables . Perhaps a variant of ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Wager in Pascal and Others | 11 |
The Logic Of Pascals Wager | 21 |
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