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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... suggests that there are three versions of the wager found in the Pensées . The first is a version of the wager that lacks any probability assignments . This sort of decision is sometimes called a " decision under uncertainty . " The ...
... suggests that there are three versions of the wager found in the Pensées . The first is a version of the wager that lacks any probability assignments . This sort of decision is sometimes called a " decision under uncertainty . " The ...
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... suggest that in principle the pragmatic benefits of a belief cannot make it rational for us to have that belief . On the contrary , the story I've been telling suggests that the pragmatic benefits of having a belief do give us a reason ...
... suggest that in principle the pragmatic benefits of a belief cannot make it rational for us to have that belief . On the contrary , the story I've been telling suggests that the pragmatic benefits of having a belief do give us a reason ...
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... suggests peculiar consequences , for example , that there is no more reason to save five people than one person . But John Taurek has taught us that there are ethicists willing to embrace innumeracy.8 Notice that skepticism about the ...
... suggests peculiar consequences , for example , that there is no more reason to save five people than one person . But John Taurek has taught us that there are ethicists willing to embrace innumeracy.8 Notice that skepticism about the ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Wager in Pascal and Others | 11 |
The Logic Of Pascals Wager | 21 |
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