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Pascal's wager

An argument according to which belief in God is rational whether or not God exists, since falsely believing that God exists leads to no harm whereas falsely believing that God does not exist may lead to eternal damnation.

[After Blaise Pascal.]

Pascal's wager

(Philosophy) Philosophy the argument that it is in one's rational self-interest to act as if God exists, since the infinite punishments of hell, provided they have a positive probability, however small, outweigh any countervailing advantage

[named after Blaise Pascal (1623-62), French philosopher, mathematician, and physicist]

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Pascal's wager (redirected from Pascal's Gambit)

Pascal's wager
(redirected from Pascal's Gambit)