Author: Steve Oetting
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781477474440
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Raj Pascal Rex is the most accomplished prosecutor in the San Diego District Attorney's Office. He is The King of trial attorneys. But his hard-charging nature has jeopardized his already shaky relationship with his girlfriend, Grace Schoenfeld. As he takes on the biggest case of his career, Rex will have to decide whether he's willing to risk everything to convict child killer Festus Green. In the process, Rex must confront the meaning of faith. Set in the context of a contemporary legal thriller, Pascal's Last Gamble traverses the realm of philosophy, exploring in depth the dimensions of Pascal's Wager.
Pascal's Last Gamble
Author: Steve Oetting
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781477474440
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Raj Pascal Rex is the most accomplished prosecutor in the San Diego District Attorney's Office. He is The King of trial attorneys. But his hard-charging nature has jeopardized his already shaky relationship with his girlfriend, Grace Schoenfeld. As he takes on the biggest case of his career, Rex will have to decide whether he's willing to risk everything to convict child killer Festus Green. In the process, Rex must confront the meaning of faith. Set in the context of a contemporary legal thriller, Pascal's Last Gamble traverses the realm of philosophy, exploring in depth the dimensions of Pascal's Wager.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781477474440
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Raj Pascal Rex is the most accomplished prosecutor in the San Diego District Attorney's Office. He is The King of trial attorneys. But his hard-charging nature has jeopardized his already shaky relationship with his girlfriend, Grace Schoenfeld. As he takes on the biggest case of his career, Rex will have to decide whether he's willing to risk everything to convict child killer Festus Green. In the process, Rex must confront the meaning of faith. Set in the context of a contemporary legal thriller, Pascal's Last Gamble traverses the realm of philosophy, exploring in depth the dimensions of Pascal's Wager.
The Unfinished Game
Author: Keith Devlin
Publisher:
ISBN: 0465018963
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Before the mid-seventeenth century, scholars generally agreed that it was impossible to predict something by calculating mathematical outcomes. One simply could not put a numerical value on the likelihood that a particular event would occur. Even the outcome of something as simple as a dice roll or the likelihood of showers instead of sunshine was thought to lie in the realm of pure, unknowable chance. The issue remained intractable until Blaise Pascal wrote to Pierre de Fermat in 1654, outlining a solution to the "unfinished game" problem: how do you divide the pot when players are forced to.
Publisher:
ISBN: 0465018963
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Before the mid-seventeenth century, scholars generally agreed that it was impossible to predict something by calculating mathematical outcomes. One simply could not put a numerical value on the likelihood that a particular event would occur. Even the outcome of something as simple as a dice roll or the likelihood of showers instead of sunshine was thought to lie in the realm of pure, unknowable chance. The issue remained intractable until Blaise Pascal wrote to Pierre de Fermat in 1654, outlining a solution to the "unfinished game" problem: how do you divide the pot when players are forced to.
Taking Pascal's Wager
Author: Michael Rota
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830899995
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Blaise Pascal's wager argues that since there is much to gain and relatively little to lose, the wise decision is to seek a relationship with God and live a Christian life. Michael Rota explores the dynamics of doubt, evidence and decision-making in order to consider what is necessary for people to embrace the Christian faith—and the difference it makes in people's lives.
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830899995
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Blaise Pascal's wager argues that since there is much to gain and relatively little to lose, the wise decision is to seek a relationship with God and live a Christian life. Michael Rota explores the dynamics of doubt, evidence and decision-making in order to consider what is necessary for people to embrace the Christian faith—and the difference it makes in people's lives.
Gambling on God
Author: Jeff Jordan
Publisher: Rl Innactive Titles
ISBN: 9780847678334
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Gambling on God brings together a superb collection of new and classic essays that provide the first sustained analysis of Pascal's Wager and the idea of an infinite utility as well as the first in-depth look at moral objections to the Wager.
Publisher: Rl Innactive Titles
ISBN: 9780847678334
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Gambling on God brings together a superb collection of new and classic essays that provide the first sustained analysis of Pascal's Wager and the idea of an infinite utility as well as the first in-depth look at moral objections to the Wager.
Human Happiness
Author: Blaise Pascal
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 014196412X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 89
Book Description
Created by the seventeenth-century philosopher and mathematician Pascal, the essays contained in Human Happiness are a curiously optimistic look at whether humans can ever find satisfaction and real joy in life – or whether a belief in God is a wise gamble at best. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves – and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives – and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 014196412X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 89
Book Description
Created by the seventeenth-century philosopher and mathematician Pascal, the essays contained in Human Happiness are a curiously optimistic look at whether humans can ever find satisfaction and real joy in life – or whether a belief in God is a wise gamble at best. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves – and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives – and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.
Pens閑s
Author: Blaise Pascal
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0140446451
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Blaise Pascal, the precociously brilliant contemporary of Descartes, was a gifted mathematician and physicist, but it is his unfinished apologia for the Christian religion upon which his reputation now rests. The Penseés is a collection of philosohical fragments, notes and essays in which Pascal explores the contradictions of human nature in pscyhological, social, metaphysical and - above all - theological terms. Mankind emerges from Pascal's analysis as a wretched and desolate creature within an impersonal universe, but who can be transformed through faith in God's grace. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0140446451
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Blaise Pascal, the precociously brilliant contemporary of Descartes, was a gifted mathematician and physicist, but it is his unfinished apologia for the Christian religion upon which his reputation now rests. The Penseés is a collection of philosohical fragments, notes and essays in which Pascal explores the contradictions of human nature in pscyhological, social, metaphysical and - above all - theological terms. Mankind emerges from Pascal's analysis as a wretched and desolate creature within an impersonal universe, but who can be transformed through faith in God's grace. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Pascal's Pensees
Author: Blaise Pascal
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1627933646
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
This collection chronicles the fiction and non fiction classics by the greatest writers the world has ever known. The inclusion of both popular as well as overlooked pieces is pivotal to providing a broad and representative collection of classic works.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1627933646
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
This collection chronicles the fiction and non fiction classics by the greatest writers the world has ever known. The inclusion of both popular as well as overlooked pieces is pivotal to providing a broad and representative collection of classic works.
Wagering on an Ironic God
Author: Thomas S. Hibbs
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781481306386
Category : Apologetics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Pascal thus wagers all on the irony of a God who both startles and astonishes wisdom's true lovers.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781481306386
Category : Apologetics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Pascal thus wagers all on the irony of a God who both startles and astonishes wisdom's true lovers.
Pascal's Arithmetical Triangle
Author: A.W.F. Edwards
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 048684076X
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
This survey explores the history of the arithmetical triangle, from its roots in Pythagorean arithmetic, Hindu combinatorics, and Arabic algebra to its influence on Newton and Leibniz as well as modern-day mathematicians.
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 048684076X
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
This survey explores the history of the arithmetical triangle, from its roots in Pythagorean arithmetic, Hindu combinatorics, and Arabic algebra to its influence on Newton and Leibniz as well as modern-day mathematicians.
Christianity for Modern Pagans
Author: Peter Kreeft
Publisher: Ignatius Press
ISBN: 9780898704525
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Peter Kreeft believes that Baise Pascal is the first post-medieval apologist. No writer in history, claims Kreeft, is a more effective Christian apologist and evangelist to today's uprooted, confused, secularized pagans (inside and outside the Church) than Pascal. He was a brilliant man--a great scientist who did major work in physics and mathematics, as well as an inventor--whom Kreeft thinks was three centuries ahead of his time. His apologetics found in his Pensees are ideal for the modern, sophisticated skeptic.
Publisher: Ignatius Press
ISBN: 9780898704525
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Peter Kreeft believes that Baise Pascal is the first post-medieval apologist. No writer in history, claims Kreeft, is a more effective Christian apologist and evangelist to today's uprooted, confused, secularized pagans (inside and outside the Church) than Pascal. He was a brilliant man--a great scientist who did major work in physics and mathematics, as well as an inventor--whom Kreeft thinks was three centuries ahead of his time. His apologetics found in his Pensees are ideal for the modern, sophisticated skeptic.