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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... expected value , or expectation , of A , is the average value of doing A : namely , pUj . An argument from expectation concludes with the advice " Perform an act with highest expectation . ' Dominating expectation 99 It may happen that ...
... expected value , or expectation , of A , is the average value of doing A : namely , pUj . An argument from expectation concludes with the advice " Perform an act with highest expectation . ' Dominating expectation 99 It may happen that ...
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... expected value of a bet on theism is infinite and the expected value of a bet against it is finite . Hence , it is rational to bet on theism , that is , to believe in God and to live one's life accordingly . Moreover , as long as the ...
... expected value of a bet on theism is infinite and the expected value of a bet against it is finite . Hence , it is rational to bet on theism , that is , to believe in God and to live one's life accordingly . Moreover , as long as the ...
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... values and expected values , what are we to make of the unquestioned assumption that the measure of the value of a gamble is its expected value ? Within the last few decades there have been a variety of constructions that establish , as ...
... values and expected values , what are we to make of the unquestioned assumption that the measure of the value of a gamble is its expected value ? Within the last few decades there have been a variety of constructions that establish , as ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Wager in Pascal and Others | 11 |
The Logic Of Pascals Wager | 21 |
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