Abstract This paper develops an argument against causal decision theory. I formulate a principle of preference, which I call the Guaranteed Principle. I argue that the preferences of rational agents satisfy the Guaranteed Principle, that the preferences of agents who embody causal decision theory do not, and hence that causal decision theory is false.</jats:p
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Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, 201...
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Causal Decision Theory (CDT) cares only about the effects of a contemplated act, not its causes. The...
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I argue that standard decision theories, namely causal decision theory and evidential decision theor...
The dispute in philosophical decision theory between causalists and evidentialists remains unsettled...
The paper argues that on three out of five possible hypotheses about the Stern-Gerlach experiment we...
This paper develops an argument against causal decision theory. I formulate a principle of preferenc...
Andy Egan has recently presented a prominent objection to causal decision theory (CDT). However, in ...
Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, 201...
Many philosophers (myself included) have been converted to causal decision theory by something like ...
Bayesian decision theorists argue that rational agents should always perform acts that maximize subj...
The paper argues that on three out of five possible hypotheses about the Stern-Gerlach experiment we...
Causal Decision Theory (CDT) cares only about the effects of a contemplated act, not its causes. The...
Causal Decision Theory reckons the choice-worthiness of an option to be completely independent of it...
Why should we be means-end rational? Why care whether someone's mental states meet certain formal pa...
I argue that standard decision theories, namely causal decision theory and evidential decision theor...
The dispute in philosophical decision theory between causalists and evidentialists remains unsettled...
The paper argues that on three out of five possible hypotheses about the Stern-Gerlach experiment we...
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