Two boxing is not the rational option

Noonan, Harold

Abstract

In the standard Newcomb scenario two-boxing is not the rational act and, in general, in Newcomb-style cases the ‘two-boxing’ choice is not the rational act. Hence any decision theory which recommends two-boxing is unacceptable.

Citation

Noonan, H. (in press). Two boxing is not the rational option. Ratio, 29(2), https://doi.org/10.1111/rati.12093

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 9, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Mar 22, 2015
• Deposit Date: Aug 5, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 5, 2016
• Journal: Ratio
• Print ISSN: 0034-0006
• Electronic ISSN: 1467-9329
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 29
• Issue: 2
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/rati.12093
• Public URL: http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/35740
• Publisher URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/rati.12093/abstract
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• Additional Information: This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Two boxing is not the rational option /; Harold W. Noonan. Ratio, v. 29, issue 2 (2016), p. 168-183, which has been published in final form at http//dx.doi.org/10.1111/rati.12093. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.