Reversing 30~years of discussion: why causal decision theorists should one-box

DOI10.1007/s11229-011-0023-5zbMath1275.91043OpenAlexW2057281118MaRDI QIDQ383017

Wolfgang Spohn

Publication date: 25 November 2013

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-011-0023-5

zbMATH Keywords

causal decision theoryevidential decision theoryNewcomb's problemreflexive decision theoryToxin puzzle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Decision theory (91B06) Probability and inductive logic (03B48)

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