At a more practical level, Pascal’s Wager’s main failure is to strategically believe rather than rationally believe. Also, the notion that God would put up with a belief of that sort.
This particular failure mode applies to very few other arguments.
At a more practical level, Pascal’s Wager’s main failure is to strategically believe rather than rationally believe. Also, the notion that God would put up with a belief of that sort.
That isn’t a failure mode. Strategic belief is a perfectly valid desiradum maximization strategy. The only time when strategic belief is an actual failure mode is when you intrinsically value correct belief. In which case you don’t strategic belief and so do not fail.
At a more practical level, Pascal’s Wager’s main failure is to strategically believe rather than rationally believe. Also, the notion that God would put up with a belief of that sort.
This particular failure mode applies to very few other arguments.
That isn’t a failure mode. Strategic belief is a perfectly valid desiradum maximization strategy. The only time when strategic belief is an actual failure mode is when you intrinsically value correct belief. In which case you don’t strategic belief and so do not fail.