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Newcomb's Problem (Classic Philosophical Arguments)
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Cambridge University Press, 11/1/2018EAN 9781316632161, ISBN10: 1316632164Paperback, 240 pages, 24.6 x 18.8 x 1.3 cmLanguage: EnglishNewcomb's problem is a controversial paradox of
decision theory. It is easily explained and easily understood, and there is a strong chance that most of us have actually faced it in some form or other. And yet it has proven as thorny and intractable a puzzle as much older and better-known philosophical problems of consciousness, scepticism and fatalism. It brings into very sharp and focused disagreement several long-standing philosophical theories on practical rationality, on the nature of free will, and on the direction and analysis of causation. This volume introduces readers to the nature of Newcomb's problem, and ten chapters by leading scholars present the most recent debates around the problem and analyse its ramifications for decision theory, metaphysics, philosophical psychology and political science. Their chapters highlight the status of Newcomb's problem as a live and continuing issue in modern philosophy.Introduction Arif Ahmed1. Does Newcomb's problem Actually Exist? José Luis Bermúdez2. Newcomb's problem, rationality and restraint Chrisoula Andreou3. The 'why ain'cha rich' argument Arif Ahmed4. Epistemic time bias in Newcomb's problem Melissa Fusco5. Newcomb's problem is everyone's problemmaking political and economic decisions when behavior is interdependent Robert Grafstein6. Success-first decision theories Preston Greene7. Deliberation and stability in Newcomb's problem James M. Joyce8. 'Click!' bait for causalists Huw Price and Yang Liu9. Game theory and decision theory (causal and evidential) Robert Stalnaker10. Diagnosing Newcomb's problem with causal graphs Reuben Stern.
