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Pascal’s Wager

Reading:

The following worksheet is based on:

· Blackburn, S. ‘Infini Rien’; from his Think (OUP, 2005).

Questions:

1. Copy out and explain the chart on page 187 of the Blackburn article, using it to set out Pascal’s wager, so that it would make sense to someone who has not read the article on which it is based?

2. What advice does Pascal give to a person who is persuaded by the Wager but finds themselves unable to believe something based on the promise of reward alone?

3. What reason does Blackburn give for not finding Pascal’s Wager to be persuasive?

4. Do you find Pascal’s Wager persuasive? Justify your answer.