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Pascal's wager /

1107181437

1316632652

9781107181434

9781316632659

9781316859384

Pascal's wager /

[Book]

edited by Paul Bartha, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; and Lawrence Pasternack, Oklahoma State University.

New York, NY, USA :

Cambridge University Press,

[2018]

viii, 335 pages :

illustrations ;

26 cm.

Classic philosophical arguments

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-328) and index.

In his famous Wager, Blaise Pascal (1623-62) offers the reader an argument that it is rational to strive to believe in God. Philosophical debates about this classic argument have continued until our own times. This volume provides a comprehensive examination of Pascal's Wager, including its theological framework, its place in the history of philosophy, and its importance to contemporary decision theory. The volume starts with a valuable primer on infinity and decision theory for students and non-specialists. A sequence of chapters then examines topics including the Wager's underlying theology, its influence on later philosophical figures, and contemporary analyses of the Wager including Alan Hájek's challenge to its validity, the many gods objection, and the ethics of belief. The final five chapters explore various ways in which the Wager has inspired contemporary decision theory, including questions related to infinite utility, imprecise probabilities, and infinitesimals.

9781316859384

Pascal, Blaise,1623-1662.

Pascal, Blaise,1623-1662.

Pascals Wette.

Apologetics.

Faith and reason-- Christianity.

Philosophical theology.

Apologetics.

Apologetik

Christentum

Faith and reason-- Christianity.

Glaube

Philosophical theology.

Philosophische Theologie

Bartha, Paul F. A.,1964-

Pasternack, Lawrence,1967-

20200822173137.0

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