Add to ORKGIn this paper, I will argue that the agnostic decision-maker may find himself in a Newcomb-type situation concerning the doctrine of Roman Catholicism. Consequently, if the agnostic wishes to decide according to the causal decision theory, he should refrain from living the Christian life, but if he follows the evidential decision theory, he should follow the Catholic life guidance. In the argument, I have cast the role of Newcomb’s predictive machine as Divine omniscience
141 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1980.Newcomb's Problem is a hypoth...
The paper discusses Ian Wells’s recent argument (‘Equal Opportunity and Newcomb’s Problem’, Mind 201...
This paper aims to make three contributions to decision theory. First there is the hope that it will...
In this paper, I will argue that the agnostic decision-maker may find himself in a Newcomb...
Newcomb Dilemmas show a discrepancy between our rational reasoning—evidential and causal decision th...
Newcomb Dilemmas show a discrepancy between our rational reasoning—evidential and causal decision t...
In Nozick’s rendition of the decision situation given in Newcomb’s Paradox dominance and the princip...
Using decision theory, we construct a stylized theory of agnosticism, defined as choosing not to cho...
Newcomb's Problem supposes that there are two boxes, an opaque and a transparent box. The transparen...
We examine the implications of decision theory for religious choice and evangelism, under the assump...
“It is not that I claim to solve the problem, and do not want you to miss the joy of puzzling over a...
The standard formulation of Newcomb's problem compares evidential and causal conceptions of ...
Pre-print version. Final version published by Springer; available online at http://link.springer.com...
In recent years there has been an upsurge of interest in religion among economists, but the content ...
In recent years there has been an upsurge of interest in religion among economists, but the content ...
141 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1980.Newcomb's Problem is a hypoth...
The paper discusses Ian Wells’s recent argument (‘Equal Opportunity and Newcomb’s Problem’, Mind 201...
This paper aims to make three contributions to decision theory. First there is the hope that it will...
In this paper, I will argue that the agnostic decision-maker may find himself in a Newcomb...
Newcomb Dilemmas show a discrepancy between our rational reasoning—evidential and causal decision th...
Newcomb Dilemmas show a discrepancy between our rational reasoning—evidential and causal decision t...
In Nozick’s rendition of the decision situation given in Newcomb’s Paradox dominance and the princip...
Using decision theory, we construct a stylized theory of agnosticism, defined as choosing not to cho...
Newcomb's Problem supposes that there are two boxes, an opaque and a transparent box. The transparen...
We examine the implications of decision theory for religious choice and evangelism, under the assump...
“It is not that I claim to solve the problem, and do not want you to miss the joy of puzzling over a...
The standard formulation of Newcomb's problem compares evidential and causal conceptions of ...
Pre-print version. Final version published by Springer; available online at http://link.springer.com...
In recent years there has been an upsurge of interest in religion among economists, but the content ...
In recent years there has been an upsurge of interest in religion among economists, but the content ...
141 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1980.Newcomb's Problem is a hypoth...
The paper discusses Ian Wells’s recent argument (‘Equal Opportunity and Newcomb’s Problem’, Mind 201...
This paper aims to make three contributions to decision theory. First there is the hope that it will...