Pascal's Wager and the Many Gods Objection
@article{Saka2001PascalsWA, title={Pascal's Wager and the Many Gods Objection}, author={Paul Saka}, journal={Religious Studies}, year={2001}, volume={37}, pages={321 - 341} }
Pascal's Wager is finding ever more defenders who aim to undermine the old Many Gods Objection. It is my thesis that they are mistaken. After describing the Wager and the objection, I report on Jeff Jordan's repeated attempt to limit legitimate religious hypotheses to those that are traditional. In separate sections I criticize Jordan, first coming from epistemology and second from anthropology. Then I describe George Schlesinger's repeated appeal to the ‘simplest’ religious hypothesis, and…
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