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Steven Brams

Superior Beings. If They Exist, How Would We Know?

Game-Theoretic Implications of Omnipotence, Omniscience, Immortality, and Incomprehensibility

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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.  Implications of these definitions and assumptions are developed and used to explore such questions as: are God's superior powers compatible with human free will?  Can they… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-387-48065-7
  • EAN: 9780387480657
  • Produktnummer: 2553757
  • Verlag: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
  • Seitenangabe: 202 S.
  • Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.7 cm x D1.4 cm 335 g
  • Auflage: 2nd ed. 2007
  • Abbildungen: 32 Illustrations, black and white; XXIV, 202 p. 32 illus.
  • Gewicht: 335

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