Reversing 30 years of discussion

why causal decision theorists should one-box

Wolfgang Spohn

pp. 95-122

in: Horacio Arló Costa, Jeffrey Helzner (eds), More foundations of the decision sciences, Synthese 187 (1), 2012.

Abstract

The paper will show how one may rationalize one-boxing in Newcomb’s problem and drinking the toxin in the Toxin puzzle within the confines of causal decision theory by ascending to so-called reflexive decision models which reflect how actions are caused by decision situations (beliefs, desires, and intentions) represented by ordinary unreflexive decision models.