Newcomb''s Problem

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

List of contents

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.

About the author

Arif Ahmed is University Reader in Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of Saul Kripke (2007), Wittgenstein's 'Philosophical Investigations': A Reader's Guide (2010), and Evidence, Decision and Causality (2014), and the editor of Wittgenstein's 'Philosophical Investigations': A Critical Guide (Cambridge, 2010).

Summary

Newcomb's problem is among the most controversial in philosophical discussion. It has a bearing on free will, on the nature and direction of causation, and on the rational psychology of voting. This book is the first collection on Newcomb's problem to have been published since 1985.

Product details

• Authors: Arif Ahmed, Arif (University of Cambridge) Ahmed
• Assisted by: Arif Ahmed (Editor), Arif (University of Cambridge) Ahmed (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781107180277
• ISBN: 978-1-107-18027-7
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Classic Philosophical Arguments; Classic Philosophical Argument; Classic Philosophical Arguments; Classic Philosophical Argument
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Probability theory, stochastic theory, mathematical statistics; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge