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Episode #031 ... Pascal's Wager

2014/8/12
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主持人:帕斯卡的赌注并非试图证明上帝存在,而是认为不相信上帝是不理性的选择。它基于一种风险规避的策略,将信仰与否的潜在结果进行权衡。不相信上帝,若上帝存在则面临无限的损失(永罚),若上帝不存在则无损失;相信上帝,若上帝存在则获得无限的益处(永生),若上帝不存在则无损失。因此,相信上帝是更理性的选择,因为潜在收益无限大,而潜在损失是有限的。 主持人进一步分析了现代不可知论者的观点。他们基于证据看待真理和信仰,并运用批判性思维。他们质疑为什么上帝会让信仰如此神秘,并存在多种互相冲突的宗教。他们认为,宗教可能是人类操纵和控制他人的工具,而圣经中提倡的积极生活方式是遵循良好行为的结果,而非信仰上帝的结果。 主持人还讨论了对帕斯卡赌注的批评。一些人认为信仰并非一种可以随意选择的选项;该赌注可以同样适用于其他宗教,而这些宗教之间存在根本冲突;该赌注过于简化了死后可能存在的可能性;如果上帝是公正的,为什么他会惩罚那些遵循道德准则但不相信他的人?

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The episode sets the stage by imagining Descartes and Pascal visiting to discuss belief in God, contrasting Descartes' attempt to prove God's existence with Pascal's pragmatic approach.

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On this episode of the podcast, we begin our discussion of Blaise Pascal by examining Pascal's Wager. We begin by hearkening back to last week's episode and imagine Pascal as Descartes' wingman in a door-to-door campaign to convince us to believe in God. Whereas Descartes tries to prove that God exists, Pascal simply argues that believing in God is the most logical choice (assuming you want to avoid eternal damnation). We then examine various arguments for and against Pascal's wager, including some submitted by our Twitter followers. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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