Divine Games: Game Theory and the Undecidability of a Superior Being

by Steven J Brams and Steven J. Brams

A game-theoretical analysis of interactions between a human being and an omnipotent and omniscient godlike being highlights the inherent unknowability of the latter's superiority.

In Divine Games, Steven Brams analyzes games that a human being might play with an omnipotent and omniscient godlike being. Drawing on game theory and his own theory of moves, Brams combines the analysis of thorny theological questions, suggested by Pascal's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262038331
• ISBN13: 9780262038331
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher