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Analyzing Pascal’s Wager through Descartes’ Deceiving Demon: Informing the Modern Vaccine-Autism Controversy

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dc.contributor.advisorHalvorson, Hans
dc.contributor.authorHenaen, Mina
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-17T14:56:11Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-09-30T00:08:04Z
dc.date.available2018-08-17T14:56:11Z
dc.date.available2026-09-30T00:08:04Z
dc.date.created2018-04-08
dc.date.issued2018-08-17
dc.description.abstractThe first section of this paper will analyze Blaise Pascal’s wager through the lens of René Descartes’ deceiving demon. The second section of the paper will discuss the MMR vaccine controversy and the lingering doubts that persisted despite strong scientific counterevidence. The third and final section of the paper will apply some of the philosophical insights drawn from the first to the controversy discussed in the second.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01sn00b152w
dc.identifier.urihttps://theses-dissertations.princeton.edu/handle/88435/dsp01sn00b152w
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.titleAnalyzing Pascal’s Wager through Descartes’ Deceiving Demon: Informing the Modern Vaccine-Autism Controversyen_US
dc.typePrinceton University Senior Theses
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pu.certificateGlobal Health and Health Policy Programen_US
pu.contributor.authorid960845964
pu.date.classyear2018en_US
pu.departmentPhilosophyen_US
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