Pascal's Wager - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pascal's Wager (or Pascal's Gambit ) is a suggestion posed by the French philosopher Blaise Pascal that even though the existence of God cannot be determined through reason, a person should wager a...
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Blaise Pascal: An Apologist for Our Times (1998) (Off Site) by Rick Wade ... In her critique of Richard Carrier's "The End of Pascal's Wager: Only Nontheists Go to Heaven", Amy Sayers offers several objections to Carrier's conclusion that belief in God is not the best bet on any form of Pascal's wager.
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www.infidels.org/library/modern/theism/wager.html
www.infidels.org/library/modern/theism/wager.html
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The argument is attributed to Blaise Pascal on the basis of a section of his Pensées entitled “Infini-rien”. Some defenders of Pascal insist that his argument there ... However, Pascal’s Wager has achieved sufficient popularity to warrant discussion irrespective of whether it is what Pascal intended in Infini-rien.
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4. What major objections can you construct to the wager? Can these objections be countered? 5. Clarify the meaning of Pascal’s sentence, ... Pascal, Blaise, 1; Pascal, René wager, 3 physics, 1 probability, 1 skepticism, 1 theology natural, 1; 8 Reading For Philosophical Inquiry: A Brief Introduction;
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philosophy.lander.edu/intro/articles/pascal-a.pdf
philosophy.lander.edu/intro/articles/pascal-a.pdf
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Philosophy 302: Ethics; Blaise Pascal, "The Wager" ... 1. According to Pascal, how much can be known about God?; 2. Reconstruct Pascal's wager as carefully as possible. ; 3. Explain whether you consider Pascal's wager a proof of God's existence or not. ; 4. What major objections can you construct to the wager?
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philosophy.lander.edu/ethics/notes-pascal.html
philosophy.lander.edu/ethics/notes-pascal.html
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examples include William James's will to believe and Blaise Pascal's wager. ... Against this there are two objections. First, it disregards theological possibilities such as the Professor's God. The Professor's God rewards those who humbly remain skeptical in the absence of evidence, and punishes those who adopt theism on...
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www.utm.edu/research/iep/p/pasc-wag.htm
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This assumption is the central basis for Pascal's argument and in order for his reasoning to be valid (the conclusion follows from the premises) and sound (all true premises) his foundational assumption must stand up to plausible objections. ... This is the problem that Blaise Pascal attempts to solve in The Wager. Pascal,
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; A LETTER to incite to the search after God. ... And then to make people seek Him among the philosophers, sceptics, and dogmatists, who disquiet him who inquires of them. ... ; All the objections of this one and that one only go against themselves, and not against religion. All that infidels say…...
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Among recent objections to Pascal’s Wager, two are especially compelling. The first is that decision theory, and specifically the requirement of maximizing expected utility, is incompatible with infinite utility values. ... Blaise Pascal in 17th/18th Century Philosophy...
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