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Newcomb's Problem

Hardback

Main Details

Title Newcomb's Problem
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Arif Ahmed
SeriesClassic Philosophical Arguments
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:240
Dimensions(mm): Height 253,Width 178
Category/GenrePhilosophy - epistemology and theory of knowledge
ISBN/Barcode 9781107180277
ClassificationsDewey:519.542
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises; 35 Tables, black and white; 8 Line drawings, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 1 November 2018
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Newcomb'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.

Author Biography

Arif Ahmed is University Reader in Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of Saul Kripke (2007), Wittgenstein's 'Philosophical Investigations': A Reader's Guide (2010), and Evidence, Decision and Causality (2014), and the editor of Wittgenstein's 'Philosophical Investigations': A Critical Guide (Cambridge, 2010).