Concept
Newcomb's problem
Overview
thought experiment about a game involving a reliable predictor of the player’s actions
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Philosophers who discussed Newcomb's problem
Related ideas
- Game theory
- Philosophy
- Synthese
- Infallibility
- Mathematics
- Martin Gardner
- Quantum entanglement
- Robert Nozick
- Limit (mathematics)
- Scientific American
- Circular reasoning
- William Lane Craig
- University of California
- Causality
- Fatalism
- Michael Huemer
- The Journal of Philosophy
- Decision theory
- Free will
- Determinism
- Thought experiment
- Interpretations of quantum mechanics
- Decision problem
- Quantum mind
Place in the tradition
Part of Free will.