Liz Jackson
Associate professor of philosophy at Saint Louis University specializing in philosophy of religion, decision theory, and contemporary work on Pascal's Wager, here interviewed about contemporary approaches to the wager.
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Jan 25, 2026 • 39min
HoP 485 Liz Jackson on Pascal's Wager
Liz Jackson, associate professor of philosophy at Saint Louis University who works on philosophy of religion and decision theory, discusses contemporary approaches to Pascal's Wager. She explains the two-by-two wager matrix and how infinities affect expected value. They tackle the many gods objection, paradoxical contrived rewards, distinctions between belief and faith, and hybrid pragmatic-evidential responses.
