Screen LibraryDivine games : game theory and the undecidability of a superior being /
In 'Divine Games', Steven Brams analyzes games that a human being might play with an omnipotent and omniscient godlike being. Drawing on game theory and his own theory of moves, Brams combines the analysis of thorny theological questions, suggested by Pascal's wager (which considers t...
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The MIT Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
In 'Divine Games', Steven Brams analyzes games that a human being might play with an omnipotent and omniscient godlike being. Drawing on game theory and his own theory of moves, Brams combines the analysis of thorny theological questions, suggested by Pascal's wager (which considers the rewards and penalties associated with belief or nonbelief in God) and Newcomb's problem (in which a godlike being has near omniscience) with the analysis of several stories from the Hebrew Bible. Almost all of these stories involve conflict between God or a surrogate and a human player; their representation a |
| Carrier Form: | xiv, 204 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-195) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780262038331 (hardcover : alkaline paper) : 0262038331 (hardcover : alkaline paper) 9780262347792 0262347792 |
| Index Number: | BS1171 |
| CLC: |
O225 B971.1 |
| Call Number: | B971.1/B815 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Belief decisions -- Belief games -- Nonmyopic equilibria in the belief games -- Paradoxes of prediction -- The constraint and temptation games -- Three testing games -- The incitement, blame, and deception games -- The defiance (manipulated), pursuit, and salvation games -- The wisdom and truth games -- Summary and conclusions. |