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Feb 2019
5m 22s

Pascal’s wager رهان باسكال

AHMED ELMALT
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من حلقة الدين فى عصر العلم EP44: Religion in an Age of Science هو احد صور الاعتقاد البرجماتى اللى طرحها الرياضى الفرنسى بليز باسكال Blaise Pascal قبل عدة قرون، واللى من خلالها قدم رهان برجماتى او عملى عادة ما بيشار الية برهان باسكال لتبرير الاعتقاد الدينى باستخدام تحليل التكاليف والفوائد cost–benefit analysis لعقلانية الاعتقاد فى وجود الله وبالاعتماد على ص ... Show More
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