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Gambling on God : essays on Pascal's wager

Pascal's Wager attempts to prove that one should believe that God exists, even if the evidence is inconclusive. This collection brings together both new and classic essays that provide the first sustained analysis of the Wager.
Print Book, English, ©1994
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, Md., ©1994
viii, 168 pages ; 24 cm
9780847678334, 9780847678341, 0847678334, 0847678342
27935807
The wager in Pascal and others / John K. Ryan
The logic of Pascal's wager / Ian Hacking
Pragmatic reasons for belief / Richard Foley
Wagering and the evidence / Thomas V. Morris
Moral objections to Pascalian wagering / Philip L. Quinn
A central theistic argument / George Schlesinger
The many-gods objection / Jeff Jordan
Pascal's wager and finite decision theory / Edward F. McClennen
Infinite decision theory / Roy A. Sorensen