Newcomb's problem is a controversial paradox of decision theory. It
is easily explained and easily understood, and there is a strong
chance that most of us have actually faced it in some form or
other. And yet it has proven as thorny and intractable a puzzle as
much older and better-known philosophical problems of
consciousness, scepticism and fatalism. It brings into very sharp
and focused disagreement several long-standing philosophical
theories on practical rationality, on the nature of free will, and
on the direction and analysis of causation. This volume introduces
readers to the nature of Newcomb's problem, and ten chapters by
leading scholars present the most recent debates around the problem
and analyse its ramifications for decision theory, metaphysics,
philosophical psychology and political science. Their chapters
highlight the status of Newcomb's problem as a live and continuing
issue in modern philosophy.
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