Salvaging Pascal's Wager

Elizabeth Jackson, Andrew Rogers

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    Abstract

    Many think that Pascal's Wager is a hopeless failure. A primary reason for this is because a number of challenging objections have been raised to the wager, including the "many-gods" objection and the "mixed strategy" objection. We argue that both objections are formal, but not substantive, problems for the wager, and that they both fail for the same reason. We then respond to additional objections to the wager. We show how a version of Pascalian reasoning succeeds, giving us a reason to pay special attention to the infinite consequences of our actions.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)59-84
    Number of pages26
    JournalPhilosophia Christi
    Volume21
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2019

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