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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... Dominance The decision problem is constituted by two possible states of the world and two possible courses of action . If God is not , then both courses of action are pretty much on a par . You will live your life and have no bad ...
... Dominance The decision problem is constituted by two possible states of the world and two possible courses of action . If God is not , then both courses of action are pretty much on a par . You will live your life and have no bad ...
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... dominance is challenged , we require an argument from probabilities . The transition is swift , perhaps too swift . Having heard the argument from dominance , the interlocutor says , " Very well . But suppose I am asked to stake too ...
... dominance is challenged , we require an argument from probabilities . The transition is swift , perhaps too swift . Having heard the argument from dominance , the interlocutor says , " Very well . But suppose I am asked to stake too ...
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... dominance argument as well . The not implausible assumption that one might be risking something to believe in God gives way , under the pressure of the desire to glorify God , to the claim that what the nonbeliever might gain by way of ...
... dominance argument as well . The not implausible assumption that one might be risking something to believe in God gives way , under the pressure of the desire to glorify God , to the claim that what the nonbeliever might gain by way of ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Wager in Pascal and Others | 11 |
The Logic Of Pascals Wager | 21 |
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