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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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203563

Causal decision theory

James Joyce

pp. 457-491

Abstract

Many will find the answer easy—though they may disagree with each other on which the answer is. A standard line on the prisoner's dilemma rests on dominance: What you do won't affect what Twin does. Twin may rat or keep mum, but in either case, you yourself will do better to rat. Whichever Twin is doing, you would spend less time in jail if you were to rat than if you were to keep mum. Therefore the rational way to minimize your own time in jail is to rat.

Publication details

Published in:

Arló-Costa Horacio, Hendricks Vincent F., van Benthem Johan (2016) Readings in formal epistemology: sourcebook. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 457-491

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-20451-2_23

Full citation:

Joyce James (2016) „Causal decision theory“, In: H. Arló-Costa, V. F. Hendricks & J. Van Benthem (eds.), Readings in formal epistemology, Dordrecht, Springer, 457–491.