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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... appeal to an infinite utility is problematic in several aspects . The standard axiomatic deci- sion theories , McClennen points out , do not allow infinite utilities . For instance , imagine two gambles specified in a way that , given ...
... appeal to an infinite utility is problematic in several aspects . The standard axiomatic deci- sion theories , McClennen points out , do not allow infinite utilities . For instance , imagine two gambles specified in a way that , given ...
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... appeal to the intellect as well as to the nobler , human sentiments . Nothing of this sort exists in the context of , say , the sidewalk deity . It is difficult to conceive a reason why one should come to love such a being or why one ...
... appeal to the intellect as well as to the nobler , human sentiments . Nothing of this sort exists in the context of , say , the sidewalk deity . It is difficult to conceive a reason why one should come to love such a being or why one ...
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... appeal is again made to the " monstrous " assumption of equal chances and where , with the reference to a " loss amounting to nothing , " an implicit appeal is again made to a dominance argument . The next set of remarks appears to ...
... appeal is again made to the " monstrous " assumption of equal chances and where , with the reference to a " loss amounting to nothing , " an implicit appeal is again made to a dominance argument . The next set of remarks appears to ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Wager in Pascal and Others | 11 |
The Logic Of Pascals Wager | 21 |
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