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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... premisses . In each case , the conclusion does follow from the premisses . In each case , there is at least one unacceptable premiss . I am concerned here only with the logic of the wager , that is , with the question of whether the ...
... premisses . In each case , the conclusion does follow from the premisses . In each case , there is at least one unacceptable premiss . I am concerned here only with the logic of the wager , that is , with the question of whether the ...
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... premisses . The Argument from Expectation Pascal is more worried by another premiss , as yet hardly stated . We assumed that if God is not , then either course of action has roughly equal utility . But this is untrue . The libertine is ...
... premisses . The Argument from Expectation Pascal is more worried by another premiss , as yet hardly stated . We assumed that if God is not , then either course of action has roughly equal utility . But this is untrue . The libertine is ...
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... premiss of equal chance . We have no good reason for picking one half as the chance of God's existence . This ... premisses . The most dubious premiss is the partition , with its concomitant assignment of utilities . God is ( and ...
... premiss of equal chance . We have no good reason for picking one half as the chance of God's existence . This ... premisses . The most dubious premiss is the partition , with its concomitant assignment of utilities . God is ( and ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Wager in Pascal and Others | 11 |
The Logic Of Pascals Wager | 21 |
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