Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 200
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Trim: 6 x 9
978-0-8476-7834-1 • Paperback • May 1994 • $61.00 • (£47.00)
Jeff Jordan is an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Delaware.
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The Wager in Pascal and Others
Chapter 3 The Logic of Pascal's Wager
Chapter 4 Pragmatic Reasons for Belief
Chapter 5 Moral Objections to Pascalian Wagering
Chapter 6 Wagering and the Evidence
Chapter 7 A Central Theistic Argument
Chapter 8 The Many-Gods Objection
Chapter 9 Infinite Decision Theory
Chapter 10 Pascal's Wager and Finite Utility
Chapter 11 Bibliography
Chapter 12 Index
This is a well-conceived anthology that vividly brings to life the fertility and interest of the issues revolving around Pascal's celebrated argument.
— Nicholas Rescher
This is a very interesting and provocative collection of essays on an important line of theistic argument.
— George I. Mavrodes, University of Michigan
Pascal's Wager raises basic questions concerning rationality and prudence, the morality of believing without sufficient evidence, and a variety of issues in decision theory. In this excellent collection of essays many of these basic questions are explored with great clarity and at considerable depth. A fine introduction to the Wager and the essays is provided by Jeff Jordan. This is a remarkably good book. It will serve faculty and students well.
— William L. Rowe, Purdue University