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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... ones . All of us are continually faced with a huge variety of decisions . Because we do not know in advance in any detailed way the kinds of decisions that we will need to make , we likewise do not know in advance the kind of ...
... ones . All of us are continually faced with a huge variety of decisions . Because we do not know in advance in any detailed way the kinds of decisions that we will need to make , we likewise do not know in advance the kind of ...
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... one's intellectual talents to form and sustain beliefs in ways that render one stupid or beastlike and demand stupefying one's intellectual scruples . But Pascalian wagering requires of us that we do precisely this because it involves ...
... one's intellectual talents to form and sustain beliefs in ways that render one stupid or beastlike and demand stupefying one's intellectual scruples . But Pascalian wagering requires of us that we do precisely this because it involves ...
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... one's cognitive apparatus rather than damag- ing or corrupting one's cognitive faculties . What must be conceded to the objection is that there are also circumstances in which one does implant or reinforce the vice of credulousness in ...
... one's cognitive apparatus rather than damag- ing or corrupting one's cognitive faculties . What must be conceded to the objection is that there are also circumstances in which one does implant or reinforce the vice of credulousness in ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Wager in Pascal and Others | 11 |
The Logic Of Pascals Wager | 21 |
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