Newcomb'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.
| ISBN: | 9781316632161 |
| Publication date: | 1st November 2018 |
| Author: | Arif University of Cambridge Ahmed |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 240 pages |
| Series: | Classic Philosophical Arguments |
| Genres: |
Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge |
Newcomb'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.
Newcomb's Problem features in the following genres: Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge
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Newcomb's Problem was written by Arif University of Cambridge Ahmed and published by Cambridge University Press
Newcomb's Problem has 240 pages
Yes it is part of Classic Philosophical Arguments series