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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... Perhaps the most common criticism directed toward the wager is that Pascal has set his betting partition too narrowly , that there are possibilities that Pascal has ignored and that drastically affect the wager . This is the " many ...
... Perhaps the most common criticism directed toward the wager is that Pascal has set his betting partition too narrowly , that there are possibilities that Pascal has ignored and that drastically affect the wager . This is the " many ...
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... perhaps a treatment of holy water and sacraments is not going to work . The theme is not well devel- oped . 12 Also , many of us will share William James's suspicion that a person who becomes a believer for the reasons urged by Pascal ...
... perhaps a treatment of holy water and sacraments is not going to work . The theme is not well devel- oped . 12 Also , many of us will share William James's suspicion that a person who becomes a believer for the reasons urged by Pascal ...
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... Perhaps some sense can be made if one remembers that the Pascalian idea of an afterlife is of an unending sublime " heavenly " existence . An existence that , because it is never ending , perhaps deserves the appellation of " infinite ...
... Perhaps some sense can be made if one remembers that the Pascalian idea of an afterlife is of an unending sublime " heavenly " existence . An existence that , because it is never ending , perhaps deserves the appellation of " infinite ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Wager in Pascal and Others | 11 |
The Logic Of Pascals Wager | 21 |
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| Название | Gambling on God: Essays on Pascal's Wager G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series Gambling on God: Essays on Pascal's Wager, Jeff Jordan |
| Редактор | Jeff Jordan |
| Издатель | Rowman & Littlefield, 1994 |
| ISBN | 0847678334, 9780847678334 |
| Количество страниц | Всего страниц: 168 |
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