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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... probability and utility , as in F. P. Ramsey , " Truth and Probability , " in The Foundations of Mathematics ( London , 1931 ) , pp . 156–98 . If probabilities are long - run frequencies and one is repeatedly wagering , then maximizing ...
... probability and utility , as in F. P. Ramsey , " Truth and Probability , " in The Foundations of Mathematics ( London , 1931 ) , pp . 156–98 . If probabilities are long - run frequencies and one is repeatedly wagering , then maximizing ...
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... probability calculus and with intuition . Suppose , however , that one did assign some positive probability to each element of the infinite series of ( C ) -type statements . There would then be two cases possible : each element would ...
... probability calculus and with intuition . Suppose , however , that one did assign some positive probability to each element of the infinite series of ( C ) -type statements . There would then be two cases possible : each element would ...
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... probability calculus , a necessarily true proposition is assigned a probability of one ; a necessarily false proposition , then , receives a zero assignment . So , the objective probability of Goldbach's conjecture is either one or zero ...
... probability calculus , a necessarily true proposition is assigned a probability of one ; a necessarily false proposition , then , receives a zero assignment . So , the objective probability of Goldbach's conjecture is either one or zero ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Wager in Pascal and Others | 11 |
The Logic Of Pascals Wager | 21 |
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