Newcomb's Problem

ISBN-13: 9781107180277 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 240 str.

Arif Ahmed

Opis

This volume introduces and collects the latest thinking on a controversial paradox of decision theory, Newcomb's problem.

Spis treści

Introduction Arif Ahmed; 1. Does Newcomb's problem Actually Exist? José Luis Bermúdez; 2. Newcomb's problem, rationality and restraint Chrisoula Andreou; 3. The 'why ain'cha rich' argument Arif Ahmed; 4. Epistemic time bias in Newcomb's problem Melissa Fusco; 5. Newcomb's problem is everyone's problem: making political and economic decisions when behavior is interdependent Robert Grafstein; 6. Success-first decision theories Preston Greene; 7. Deliberation and stability in Newcomb's problem James M. Joyce; 8. 'Click!' bait for causalists Huw Price and Yang Liu; 9. Game theory and decision theory (causal and evidential) Robert Stalnaker; 10. Diagnosing Newcomb's problem with causal graphs Reuben Stern.