Superior Beings: If They Exist, How Would We Know? : Game-Theoretic Implications of Omniscience, Omnipotence, Immortality, and Incomprehensibility

by Steven J. Brams

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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.

  • ISBN10 0387480773
  • ISBN13 9780387480770
  • Publish Date December 2007 (first published 1 August 1983)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
  • Edition 2nd Revised edition
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 214
  • Language English