Classic Philosophical Arguments - Series page

pp ii-ii

Pascal’s Wager - Title page

pp iii-iii

Copyright page

pp iv-iv

Contents

pp v-vi

Figures and Tables

pp vii-viii

Contributors

pp ix-ix

Acknowledgments

pp x-x

Introduction

pp 1-24

Part I - Historical Context and Influence

pp 25-120

1 - Pascal’s Wager and the Origins of Decision Theory: Decision-Making by Real Decision-Makers

pp 27-44

2 - The Wager and Pascal’s Theology

pp 45-63

3 - Pascal’s Wager and the Ethics for Inquiry about God

pp 64-83

4 - Pascal and His Wager in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

pp 84-100

5 - The Wager and William James

pp 101-120

Part II - Assessment

pp 121-222

6 - The (In)validity of Pascal’s Wager

pp 123-147

7 - The Many-Gods Objection to Pascal’s Wager: A Defeat, then a Resurrection

pp 148-167

8 - The Wager as Decision under Ignorance: Decision-Theoretic Responses to the Many-Gods Objection

pp 168-186

9 - Rationality and the Wager

pp 187-208

10 - The Role of Pascal’s Wager in Authentic Religious Commitment

pp 209-222

Part III - Extensions

pp 223-314

11 - The Arbitrary Prudentialism of Pascal’s Wager and How to Overcome It by Using Game Theory

pp 225-235

12 - Pascal’s Wager and the Dynamics of Rational Deliberation

pp 236-259

13 - Infinity in Pascal’s Wager

pp 260-277

14 - Pascal’s Wager and Imprecise Probability

pp 278-292

15 - Do Infinitesimal Probabilities Neutralize the Infinite Utility in Pascal’s Wager?

pp 293-314

Bibliography

pp 315-328

Index

pp 329-336