Dear Colleague,
The next session of the Logic and Religion Webinar Series will be held on *Oct 24 (THIS THURSDAY), 2024*, at *4 pm CET* with the topic: *EVOLUTIONARY MODELS AND RELATIVE INFINITY IN PASCAL’S WAGER* *Speaker: **Paul Bartha <https://philosophy.ubc.ca/profile/paul-bartha/>* (University of British Columbia, Canada) *Chair: **Marcin Trepczyński <https://naszestrony.eu/trepczynski/>* (University of Warsaw, Poland) Time zones: 10:00 am in New York; 11:00 am in São Paulo; 4:00 pm in Paris; 5:00 pm in Jerusalem; and 7:30 pm in New Delhi. Register to get a Zoom link: https://www.logicandreligion.com/webinars <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.logicandreligion.com%2Fwebinars&data=05%7C02%7Cassismariano%40missouri.edu%7C16225fc08f8b4aaa4d6a08dcbbcf071a%7Ce3fefdbef7e9401ba51a355e01b05a89%7C0%7C0%7C638591745052677938%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=t0kstdK7jl%2FInOtH6TVj2lyYjSkEjD9odPLrJ7UcBH8%3D&reserved=0> Abstract: In a series of articles, I have explored how two devices may be used to answer some of the most notorious objections to Pascal’s Wager. Relative utilities, which provide a finite representation of infinite utility, give us a simple response to the mixed-strategies objection. The many-wagers model adds an evolutionary dynamics and a requirement of evolutionarily stable credences, which give us precise responses to versions of the many-gods objection. Oppy (2018) offers several interesting challenges to the idea that these two devices allow us to salvage Pascal’s argument. I shall show that the relative utilities/many-wagers model can answer Oppy’s challenges at least in part, and more importantly that it provides a fruitful framework for modeling and exploring “Pascalian” decision problems. Join us 5 minutes prior to the beginning of the session! With best wishes, -- Francisco de Assis Mariano, The University of Missouri-Columbia (USA) LARA Secretary l...@logicandreligion.com -- LOGICA-L Lista acadêmica brasileira dos profissionais e estudantes da área de Lógica <logica-l@dimap.ufrn.br> --- Você está recebendo esta mensagem porque se inscreveu no grupo "LOGICA-L" dos Grupos do Google. Para cancelar inscrição nesse grupo e parar de receber e-mails dele, envie um e-mail para logica-l+unsubscr...@dimap.ufrn.br. Para ver esta conversa, acesse https://groups.google.com/a/dimap.ufrn.br/d/msgid/logica-l/9a1eb00e-25d9-4559-8eed-7ecb9269efben%40dimap.ufrn.br.
