{"product_id":"newcombs-problem-hardback-9781107180277","title":"Newcomb's Problem (Hardback) 9781107180277","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNewcomb's Problem\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis volume introduces and collects the latest thinking on a controversial paradox of decision theory, Newcomb's problem.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eArif Ahmed (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107180277, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 November 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages, 8 b\/w illus.  35 tables\u003cbr\u003e25.3 x 17.8 x 1.8 cm, 0.6 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNewcomb'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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction Arif Ahmed\u003cbr\u003e 1. Does Newcomb's problem Actually Exist? José Luis Bermúdez\u003cbr\u003e 2. Newcomb's problem, rationality and restraint Chrisoula Andreou\u003cbr\u003e 3. The 'why ain'cha rich' argument Arif Ahmed\u003cbr\u003e 4. Epistemic time bias in Newcomb's problem Melissa Fusco\u003cbr\u003e 5. Newcomb's problem is everyone's problem: making political and economic decisions when behavior is interdependent Robert Grafstein\u003cbr\u003e 6. Success-first decision theories Preston Greene\u003cbr\u003e 7. Deliberation and stability in Newcomb's problem James M. Joyce\u003cbr\u003e 8. 'Click!' bait for causalists Huw Price and Yang Liu\u003cbr\u003e 9. Game theory and decision theory (causal and evidential) Robert Stalnaker\u003cbr\u003e 10. Diagnosing Newcomb's problem with causal graphs Reuben Stern.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy: epistemology \u0026amp; theory of knowledge [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy: epistemology \u0026amp; theory of knowledge\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy:%20epistemology%20\u0026amp;%20theory%20of%20knowledge%20%5BHPK%5D%22\"\u003eHPK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265659490584,"sku":"9781107180277","price":76.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107180277i.jpg?v=1692025415","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/newcombs-problem-hardback-9781107180277","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}