Interrupted Games: Pascal, Hamlet, Probability.

The article explores the disparate contributions of writers William Shakespeare and Blaise Pascal as distinctive expressions of to a shared crisis of existence and knowledge. Topics include the communication between the Shakesperean gambit in "Hamlet" and the Pascalian analysis of wagers and gamblin...

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Published in:	Shakespeare Studies (Rosemont Publishing & Printing Corporation) Vol. 43; pp. 179 - 208
Main Author:	RAMAN, SHANKAR
Format:	Article
Published:	Rosemont Publishing & Printing Corporation 2015
Subjects:	Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Pascal, Blaise, 1623-1662 Communication Hamlet (Play : Shakespeare) Gambling
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	The article explores the disparate contributions of writers William Shakespeare and Blaise Pascal as distinctive expressions of to a shared crisis of existence and knowledge. Topics include the communication between the Shakesperean gambit in "Hamlet" and the Pascalian analysis of wagers and gambling, and the fundamental skepticism as to whether knowledge can ever be unambiguously ascertained.