Pascal's wager : pragmatic arguments and belief in God /

What if there is no strong evidence that God exists? Is belief in God when faced with a lack of evidence illegitimate and improper? Evidentialism answers yes. According to Evidentialism, it is impermissible to believe any proposition lacking adequate evidence. And, if any thesis enjoys the status of...

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Pragmatic arguments and belief in God
1. Verfasser:
Jordan, Jeff
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2006.
Zusammenfassung:
What if there is no strong evidence that God exists? Is belief in God when faced with a lack of evidence illegitimate and improper? Evidentialism answers yes. According to Evidentialism, it is impermissible to believe any proposition lacking adequate evidence. And, if any thesis enjoys the status of a dogma among philosophers, it is Evidentialism. Presenting a direct challenge to Evidentialism are pragmatic arguments for theism, which are designed to support belief in the absence of adequate evidence. Pascal's Wager is the most prominent theistic pragmatic argument, and issues in epistemology, the ethics of belief, and decision theory, as well as philosophical theology, all intersect at the Wager. This book explores various theistic pragmatic arguments and the objections employed against them.
Umfang:
1 online resource (x, 227 pages) : illustrations
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [212]-221) and index.
ISBN:
1-280-84415-9
9786610844159
0-19-153757-8
1-4356-2410-6
Schlagworte:
Pascal, Blaise, > 1623-1662. > Pensées.
James, William, > 1842-1910.
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