The Absurdity of Rational Choice: Time Travel, Foreknowledge, and the Aesthetic Dimension of Newcomb Problems
Nikk Effingham and Huw Price argue that in certain cases of Newcomb problems involving time travel and foreknowledge, being given information about the future makes it rational to choose as an evidential decision theorist would choose. Although the cases they consider have some intuitive pull, and s...
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MDPI AG
2024-07-01
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| Series: | Philosophies |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2409-9287/9/4/99 |