CITATION — REFERENCE ENTRY
Newcomb's Problem and Two Principles of Choice — Essays in Honor of Carl G. Hempel
- Key
- nozick1969newcomb
- Authors
- Nozick, Robert
- Issued
- 1969
- Type
- article-journal
- Container
- Essays in Honor of Carl G. Hempel
- Publisher
- D. Reidel
- Pages
- 114-146
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Claims
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Newcomb's problem involves a predictor who places $1,000,000 in a closed box if they predict the agent will take only that box, and $0 if they predict the agent will take both boxes; the agent also always finds $1,000 in a second transparent box. The predictor is stipulated to be highly accurate.
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