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Two Boxing is not the Rational Option
Author(s) -
Noonan Harold W.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
ratio
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1467-9329
pISSN - 0034-0006
DOI - 10.1111/rati.12093
Subject(s) - style (visual arts) , rationality , rational choice theory (criminology) , epistemology , psychology , computer science , philosophy , criminology , art , literature
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.