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Pascal's Wager: A Very Basic Introduction

Pascal's wager is an argument that you should bet, or wager, on God because of what’s at stake: you have lots to gain and not much to lose. This article provides a simple introduction Pascal’s wager and considers three objections: the many gods objection, the impossibility objection, and the irrationality objection. For a playlist of videos about Pascal's wager, see:    • Pascal's Wager   For an written version of this video, see this article: https://1000wordphilosophy.com/2021/0... For a longer introduction to Pascal's wager, decision theory, and epistemic permissivism, see this video:    • Responding to Three Objections to Pascal's...   For my (academic) paper on Pascal's wager and infinities, see here: https://philpapers.org/rec/JACSPW For a video responding to the objection that taking Pascal's wager involves bad motives, see this video:    • Can Taking Pascal's Wager Demonstrate Faith?   For a video on evidentialism, see here:    • Should You Always Follow the Evidence?   0:00 What is Pascal's wager? 5:48 Many Gods Objection 14:57 The Impossibility Objection 18:42 The Irrationality Objection 22:14 Summary and Conclusion ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out my website: http://liz-jackson.com For more on my research: http://liz-jackson.com/research/ For popular-level interviews, podcasts, and blog posts I’ve done: http://liz-jackson.com/public-philoso... Follow me on social media: Twitter:   / lizjackson111   Instagram: @lizjackson111 Facebook:   / lizjackson111