title: [The problem of divisions, wagers, and game theory].
abstract: This article looks at the "problem of the divisions" - a dialogue between two persons or more - to bring out its structure, in which religious and ethical elements are intermingled. It then offers a reevaluation of the argument of the wager, which is seen here as a sort of prefiguration of game theory rather than as the solution to a problem of probabilities. Although their correspondence suggests that Fermat and Pascal believed they were offering a solution to the same problem, they were not - as written by Fermat, the problem of divisions is a problem of probabilities, but ultimately Fermat did not solve the same problem as Pascal.
authors: Département de philosophie, Université de Haute-Normandie, rue Lavoisier, F-76821, Mont Saint Aignan cedex, France, jp.clero@orange.fr.
authors: Jean-Pierre
authors: JP
authors: Cléro