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Pascal's Wager (Substantive 2022 Revision)

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dc.contributor.authorHajek, Alan
dc.contributor.editorZalta, Edward N.
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-01T01:56:05Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.date.updated2022-12-18T07:16:22Z
dc.description.abstract“Pascal’s Wager” is the name given to an argument due to Blaise Pascal for believing, or for at least taking steps to believe, in God. The name is somewhat misleading, for in a single section of his Pensées, Pascal apparently presents four such arguments, each of which might be called a ‘wager’—it is only the third of these that is traditionally referred to as “Pascal’s Wager”. We find in it the extraordinary confluence of several important strands of thought: the justification of theism; probability theory and decision theory, used here for almost the first time in history; pragmatism; voluntarism (the thesis that belief is a matter of the will); and the use of the concept of infinity.en_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.issn1095-5054en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/289782
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherStanford Universityen_AU
dc.relation.ispartofStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophyen_AU
dc.rightscopyright © 2022 by The Metaphysics Research Lab; Copyright © 2022 by Alan Hájeken_AU
dc.source.urihttps://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pascal-wager/en_AU
dc.titlePascal's Wager (Substantive 2022 Revision)en_AU
dc.typeBook chapteren_AU
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access via publisher websiteen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.placeofpublicationStanford
local.contributor.affiliationHajek, Alan, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidHajek, Alan, u4237626en_AU
local.description.embargo2099-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.identifier.absfor500300 - Philosophyen_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationu5797903xPUB41en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttps://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pascal-wager/#AFourthWageren_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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