Superior beings : if they exist, how would we know? : game-theoretic implications of omniscience, omnipotence, immortality, and incomprehensibility

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Superior beings : if they exist, how would we know? : game-theoretic implications of omniscience, omnipotence, immortality, and incomprehensibility

Steven J. Brams

Springer, c2007

2nd ed

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注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-191) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This book examines theology and the idea of a superior being in the context of game theory. The central question posed in this book is: If there existed a superior being who possessed the supernatural qualities of omniscience, omnipotence, immortality, and incomprehensibility, how would he/she act differently from us? The mathematical theory of games is used to define each of these qualities, and different assumptions about the rules of play in several theological games that might be played between ordinary human beings and superior beings like God are posited.

目次

The Rationality of Belief in a Superior Being.- Omniscience and Partial Omniscience.- The Paradox of Omniscience and the Theory of Moves.- Omnipotence: Moving and Staying Power.- Immortality and Incomprehensibility.- Superior Beings: They May Be Undecidable.

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA80957830
  • ISBN
    • 9780387480657
  • LCCN
    2006934620
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    New York
  • ページ数/冊数
    xxii, 202 p.
  • 大きさ
    24 cm
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