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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... gain whereas nonbelief at best offers only a finite gain , the choice is clear to Pascal : even if reason does not provide an answer , prudence does one should try to believe . There is everything to gain and little , if anything , to ...
... gain whereas nonbelief at best offers only a finite gain , the choice is clear to Pascal : even if reason does not provide an answer , prudence does one should try to believe . There is everything to gain and little , if anything , to ...
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... gain . Letting A and B stand for acts ; p and q stand for , respectively , probability values assigned to the relevant states associated with A and B ( a state is , roughly , a way the world could be ) ; and m and n stand for the gains ...
... gain . Letting A and B stand for acts ; p and q stand for , respectively , probability values assigned to the relevant states associated with A and B ( a state is , roughly , a way the world could be ) ; and m and n stand for the gains ...
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... gain makes the finite good you are certainly risking equal to the infinite good that you are not certain to gain . This is not the case . Every gambler takes a certain risk for an uncertain gain , and yet he is taking a certain finite ...
... gain makes the finite good you are certainly risking equal to the infinite good that you are not certain to gain . This is not the case . Every gambler takes a certain risk for an uncertain gain , and yet he is taking a certain finite ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Wager in Pascal and Others | 11 |
The Logic Of Pascals Wager | 21 |
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