Pascal's Wager: Pragmatic Arguments and Belief in God

ISBN-13: 9780199291328 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 240 str.

Jeff Jordan

Opis

Is it reasonable to believe in God even in the absence of strong evidence that God exists? Pragmatic arguments for theism are designed to support belief even if one lacks evidence that theism is more likely than not. Jeff Jordan proposes that there is a sound version of the most well-known argument of this kind, Pascal's Wager, and explores the issues involved - in epistemology, the ethics of belief, decision theory, and theology.

Recenzje

Jordan's treatise is an impressive work. It is clearly written, very often original, concise and yet still comprehensive in its scope and sources...For philosophers...who wish to discover the state of the art as regards thinking on Pascal's Wager and related pragmatic arguments for belief in God, this is the place to start.