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Pascal's wager
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Blaise Pascal
The wager …
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There is nothing so
conformable to reason
Uncertainty in reason
as this disavowal of
reason.[8]
If I saw no signs of a
divinity, I would fix
myself in denial. If I
saw everywhere the
marks of a Creator, I
would repose
peacefully in faith. But
seeing too much to
deny Him, and too
little to assure me, I
am in a pitiful state,
and I would wish a
Uncertainty in religion
hundred times that if a
god sustains nature it
would reveal Him
without ambiguity.[6]
We understand
nothing of the works
of God unless we take
it as a principle that
He wishes to blind
some and to enlighten
others.[10]
Inability to believe …
+∞ (infinite
Belief (B) −c (finite loss)
gain)
Disbelief −∞ (infinite
+c (finite gain)
(¬B) loss)
Belief (B) +∞ f1
Disbelief
f2 f3
(¬B)
Criticism …
Laplace …
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