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    Pascal's wager - Wikipedia

    • Pascal's wager is a philosophical argument advanced by Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), seventeenth-century French mathematician, philosopher, physicist, and theologian. This argument posits that individuals essentially engage in a life-defining gamble regarding the belief in the existence of God. Pascal contends that a rational person should adopt a lifestyle con… See more

    The wager

    The wager uses the following logic (excerpts from Pensées, part III, §233):
    • God is, or God is not. … See more

    Pascal's description of the wager

    The Pensées passage on Pascal's wager is as follows:
    If there is a God, He is infinitely incomprehensible, since, having neither parts nor limits, He has no affinity to us. We are then in… See more

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    Criticism

    Criticism of Pascal's wager began soon after it was published. Non-believers questioned the "benefits" of a deity whose "realm" is beyond reason and the religiously orthodox, who primarily took issue with t… See more

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    Earlier versions and other wager arguments

    • The sophist Protagoras had an agnostic position regarding the gods, but he nevertheless continued to worship the gods. This could be considered as an early version of the Wager.
    • In the famous tragedy of … See more

    Further reading

    • al-Juwayni, Imam al-Haramayn (2000). Walker, Dr. Paul E. (ed.). A Guide to Conclusive Proofs for the Principles of Belief. Reading, UK: Garnet Publishing. pp. 6–7. ISBN 1-85964-157-1.
    • Armour, Leslie (1993). Infi… See more

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    Earlier versions and other wager arguments
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    Pascal’s wager | Definition, Description, Criticisms,

    Pascal's wager is a practical argument for belief in God formulated by French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal. Learn about the definition, …

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      Pascal’s Wager: A Pragmatic Argument for Belief in God

      Jan 4, 2021 · Pascal's wager is a pragmatic approach to the question of whether God exists. It argues that you should believe in God because of the infinite rewards and risks, even if the evidence is uncertain. Learn the basic form, the …

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      Pascal’s Wager about God - Internet Encyclopedia of …

      Pascal's Wager is a pragmatic argument for believing in God based on decision theory. It claims that even if God's existence is unlikely, the potential benefits of believing are so vast as to make betting on theism rational.

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      Pascal's Wager - New World Encyclopedia

      Pascal's Wager is a philosophical argument that it is better to believe in God than not to believe, based on the expected value of the outcomes. The web page explains the argument, its criticisms, and its variations in different contexts …

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      Blaise Pascal - Wikipedia

      Pascal's birthplace. Pascal was born in Clermont-Ferrand, which is in France's Auvergne region, by the Massif Central.He lost his mother, Antoinette Begon, at the age of three. [13] His father, Étienne Pascal, also an amateur …

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