players, one of whom is able to predict the future. Newcomb's paradox was created by William Newcomb of the University of California's Lawrence Livermore...

impossibility. Temporal paradoxes fall into three broad groups: bootstrap paradoxes, consistency paradoxes, and Newcomb's paradox. Bootstrap paradoxes violate causality...

counterpart, Roko's basilisk has been widely criticized. Newcomb's paradox, created by physicist William Newcomb in 1960, describes a "predictor" who is aware of...

minesweeper Newcomb Pottery, a brand of American Art Nouveau pottery Newcomb ball, a ball game that is a variation of volleyball Newcomb's paradox, thought...

counterfactual reasoning is proven correct, according to Yudkowsky. In Newcomb's Paradox, an agent finds herself standing in front of a transparent box labeled...

known as the creator of Newcomb's paradox, devised in 1960. He was the great-grandnephew of the astronomer Simon Newcomb. Newcomb started at the Lawrence...

thought experiments. For example, EDT prescribes taking only one box in Newcomb's paradox, while CDT recommends taking both boxes.: 22–26  In a 1976 paper,...

change his decision afterwards, of free will. Similarly in line with Newcomb's paradox; Kavka's claim, that one cannot intend what one will not do, makes...

astronomer Simon Newcomb noticed that in logarithm tables the earlier pages (that started with 1) were much more worn than the other pages. Newcomb's published...

believe that it is." Newcomb's paradox: A paradoxical game between two players, one of whom can predict the actions of the other. Paradox of nihilism: Several...

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their recommendations for action in different thought experiments. In Newcomb's paradox, there is a predictor, a player, and two boxes designated A and B...

A paradox is a logically self-contradictory statement or a statement that runs contrary to one's expectation. It is a statement that, despite apparently...

truly is, may lead to causal loops, one form of which is explored in Newcomb's paradox. The film 12 Monkeys heavily deals with themes of predestination and...

would have more or all of the available resources directed to it. Newcomb's paradox supposes a being who is believed to be capable of predicting human...

Quantum game theory also offers a solution to Newcomb's Paradox. Take the two boxes offered in Newcomb's game to be coupled, as the contents of box 2 depend...

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arising from infallibility and influencing the future are explored in Newcomb's paradox. A notable fictional example of a self-fulfilling prophecy occurs...

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how free will relates to the issues Black raised is summarized by Newcomb's paradox. Essentialist philosophers have proposed other theories, such as the...

American professor and theoretical physicist who devised Newcomb's paradox Wesley Newcomb (1818–1892), American malacologist (studier of mollusks) Newcombe...

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between x j {\displaystyle x_{j}} and y {\displaystyle y} via Berkson's paradox. Apart from constructing statistical models of observational and experimental...

2011 at the Wayback Machine Irvine, A. D. (1993). "How Braess' paradox solves Newcomb's problem". International Studies in the Philosophy of Science. 7...

(admittedly, this oscillated between empirical and a-priori assessment) Newcomb's paradox Original position (politics) Philosophical zombie (philosophy of mind...

probability, she has also studied decision theory in connection with Newcomb's paradox, investigated how gender stereotyping can block human problem-solving...

Jacobs, and attended Monroe's funeral on August 8. Throughout the years, Newcomb's work for the Kennedys and silence on Monroe's death have led to conspiracy...

choices of a conscious being have the ability to influence the future? Newcomb's paradox and other philosophical problems pose questions about free will and...