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020			_a9781316847893 (ebook)
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050	0	0	_aQA269 _b.N487 2018
082	0	0	_a519.5/42 _223
245	0	0	_aNewcomb's problem / _cedited by Arif Ahmed.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2018.
300			_a1 online resource (233 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aClassic philosophical arguments
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Oct 2018).
520			_aNewcomb'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.
650		0	_aGame theory.
650		0	_aChoice (Psychology)
650		0	_aDecision making.
700	1		_aAhmed, Arif, _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107180277
830		0	_aClassic philosophical arguments.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781316847893
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