Pascal's Wager

Philosophy 41 (157):250-257 (1966)
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A. Pascal's statement of his wager argument is couched in terms of the theory of probability and the theory of games, and the exposition is unclear and unnecessarily complicated. The following is a ‘creative’ reformulation of the argument designed to avoid some of the objections which have been or might be raised against the original.

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The Will to Believe.William James - 1896 - The New World 5:327--347.
Pascal's Philosophy of Religion.[author unknown] - 1930 - Humana Mente 5 (17):126-128.
Le pari de Pascal.Georges Brunet - 1957 - Les Etudes Philosophiques 12 (2):235-235.

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