Majesty of Reason | To wager, or not to wager, that is the question | Dr. Liz Jackson @MajestyofReason | Uploaded January 2021 | Updated October 2024, 12 hours ago.
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of doubt, Or to take Arms against a Sea of skepticism, And by opposing end it: to wager, to believe; No more; and by a belief, to say we end The heart-ache, and the thousand natural shocks That eternal damnation promises?

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Outline

Introduction
Background
The Wager
Objections
-----Many gods objection
-----Mixed strategies objection
-----Doxastic voluntarism
-----Evidence-sensitivity and pragmatic-sensitivity
-----The gratuity of Pascal’s Wager
-----Universalism
-----Pascal’s Mugger

Links

Liz’s website: liz-jackson.com

Liz’s paper on Pascal’s wager: philpapers.org/archive/JACSPW.pdf

Liz's YouTube channel: youtube.com/user/lizjackson111

My book: amazon.com/Majesty-Reason-Critical-Thinking-Philosophy-ebook/dp/B086G7KS52
My website: majestyofreason.wordpress.com