So we didn't wind up studying this in class, but in case you're interested here are some links on Pascal's Wager:- Links to several articles on the argument.
- Here's an audio interview on the argument and Pascal's entire work Pensées.
- NOTHING TO LOSE? Is there really not much to lose in this wager? This cartoon thinks otherwise.
- WHICH GOD? With so many religions out there, which God should we believe in? This cartoon dinosaur has the most practical solution.
- More on decision theory, the branch of math Pascal uses to argue that belief in God is a good bet.
- Some related entries in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: evidentialism vs. nonevidentialism, religious versions of nonevidentialism (or fideism), other pragmatic arguments for believing in god, and Pascal's other contributions to philosophy.
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