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    Alan Hájek

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    b. 1962

    Alan Hájek is a contemporary Australian philosopher specializing in probability, decision theory, and the philosophy of religion. He is best known for his incisive critiques of Pascal's Wager and his work on the foundations of probability, including arguments against interpreting probabilities as frequencies.

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    Developed influential critiques of Pascal's Wager, including the 'many gods' and mixed strategies objections

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    Authored 'Waging War on Pascal's Wager' and related foundational papers in decision theory

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    Professor of Philosophy at the Australian National University

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    Authored the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on interpretations of probability

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    Advanced arguments against frequentist interpretations of probability

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    Pascal's original decision matrix is insufficiently fine-grained because the 'God does not exist' column should be subdivided into additional theistic hypotheses.

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