000808027 000__ 03309cam\a2200433Ia\4500 000808027 001__ 808027 000808027 005__ 20210515141251.0 000808027 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000808027 007__ cr\cnunnnunnun 000808027 008__ 180221s2007\\\\nyua\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000808027 010__ $$z 2006934620 000808027 019__ $$a316690010$$a316806575$$a496985378$$a607346047$$a612013209$$a613469273$$a648320799$$a739151509$$a880105277$$a985035620$$a994819248$$a1005750069 000808027 020__ $$a9780387480770$$q(electronic book) 000808027 020__ $$a0387480773$$q(electronic book) 000808027 020__ $$z038748065X 000808027 020__ $$z9780387480657 000808027 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn191449004 000808027 040__ $$aGW5XE$$beng$$epn$$cGW5XE$$dGW5XE$$dMUQ$$dOCLCQ$$dMHW$$dOCLCQ$$dEBLCP$$dN$T$$dOUN$$dE7B$$dUBC$$dUAB$$dMNU$$dIDEBK$$dOCLCQ$$dOCLCF$$dBEDGE$$dOCLCQ$$dSLY$$dYDXCP$$dDEBSZ$$dOCLCQ$$dVT2$$dZ5A$$dOTZ$$dOCLCQ$$dESU 000808027 049__ $$aISEA 000808027 050_4 $$aBT130$$b.B69 2007eb 000808027 08204 $$a231/.4$$222 000808027 1001_ $$aBrams, Steven J. 000808027 24510 $$aSuperior beings :$$bif they exist, how would we know? : game-theoretic implications of omniscience, omnipotence, immortality, and incomprehensibility /$$cSteven J. Brams. 000808027 250__ $$a2nd ed. 000808027 260__ $$aNew York :$$bSpringer,$$c2007. 000808027 300__ $$a1 online resource (xxii, 202 pages) :$$billustrations 000808027 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000808027 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 000808027 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 000808027 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 187-191) and index. 000808027 5050_ $$aI. Introduction -- II. The rationality of belief in a superior being -- The revelation game -- The revelation game paradox -- The knowability games -- Belief in an uncertain world -- III. Omniscience and partial omniscience -- some effects of omniscience -- Newcomb's problem -- Which principle, and is there a conflict? -- Newcomb's problem symmetricized: Prisoners' dilemma -- A solution to prisoner's dilemma -- Cooperation or noncooperation? -- Implications of mutual predictability for SB and P -- IV. The paradox of omniscience and the theory of moves -- The paradox of omniscience -- A resolution of the paradox of omniscience -- Theory of moves -- A second paradox: moves may provide no resolution -- V. Omnipotence: moving and staying power -- Moving power -- Is there a paradox of moving power? -- Theological interpretations of moving power -- Staying power -- An algorithm for determining S-power outcomes -- M-power versus S-power in the commitment game and other situations -- VI. Immorality and incomprehensibility -- Threats and immorality -- Repeated plays -- Threat power in the punishment game: When immorality is decisive in an asymmetrical game -- Deception by the superior being -- The truth game and the problem of evil -- VII. Superior beings: They may be undecidable -- Undecidability -- Arbitrariness and undecidability. 000808027 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000808027 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000808027 650_0 $$aGod (Christianity)$$xAttributes. 000808027 650_0 $$aGame theory. 000808027 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aBrams, Steven J.$$tSuperior beings.$$b2nd ed.$$dNew York : Springer, 2007$$z038748065X$$z9780387480657$$w(OCoLC)83980040 000808027 852__ $$bacq 000808027 85280 $$bebk$$hProQuest Ebook Central 000808027 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=372823$$zOnline Access 000808027 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:808027$$pGLOBAL_SET 000808027 980__ $$aEBOOK 000808027 980__ $$aBIB 000808027 982__ $$aEbook 000808027 983__ $$aOnline