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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... reason , and those who evade it are prompted by concupiscence and not by reason . " 7 In my discussion of the third objection , I shall come back to the issue of whether , in the situation Pascal describes , there is enough evidence to ...
... reason , and those who evade it are prompted by concupiscence and not by reason . " 7 In my discussion of the third objection , I shall come back to the issue of whether , in the situation Pascal describes , there is enough evidence to ...
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... reason for betting on theism , because one's bet yields an infinite payoff if it wins . If one engages in Pascalian wagering on the basis of this pruden- tial reason alone in circumstances in which evidential reasons mandate unbelief ...
... reason for betting on theism , because one's bet yields an infinite payoff if it wins . If one engages in Pascalian wagering on the basis of this pruden- tial reason alone in circumstances in which evidential reasons mandate unbelief ...
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... reason to regard the principle of sufficient reason to be valid . " Levelheaded empiricists are not supposed to subscribe to a priori principles . For this reason , the majority of contemporary writers strongly object to ascribing equal ...
... reason to regard the principle of sufficient reason to be valid . " Levelheaded empiricists are not supposed to subscribe to a priori principles . For this reason , the majority of contemporary writers strongly object to ascribing equal ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Wager in Pascal and Others | 11 |
The Logic Of Pascals Wager | 21 |
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