This is a guest post from Ben Bavar, a cohost of the Real Atheology podcast, responding to my posts from a few months ago on Pascal’s Wager, which can be found here and here. This is my formal reconstruction … Continue reading Hájek’s War on Pascal’s Wager: A Guest Post from Ben Bavar
Pascal’s wager is a pragmatic argument for belief in the existence of God. What is commonly misunderstood about it, however, is that it is only meant to be taken once certain preconditions are met. Suppose somone tosses a coin into … Continue reading Is Pascal’s Wager a Good Argument? Part II
Blaise Pascal’s infamous “wager” doesn’t get a lot of credit for being a rigorous philosophical argument for the existence of God, and with good reason. It is not a rigorous philosophical argument for the existence of God; nor is it meant … Continue reading Is Pascal’s Wager a Good Argument? Part I
