Objective Value Is Always Newcombizable
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objective_value_is_always_newcombizable.pdf
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Author(s)
Spencer, Jack
Date Issued
December 2019
Journal
Mind
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Citation
Ahmed, Arif and Jack Spencer. “Objective Value Is Always Newcombizable.” Mind, 129, 516 ( 2019): 1157-1192 © 2019 The Author(s)
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Author's final manuscript
Abstract
This paper argues that evidential decision theory is incompatible with options having objective values. If options have objective values, then it should always be rationally permissible for an agent to choose an option if they are certain that the option uniquely maximizes objective value. But, as we show, if options have objective values and evidential decision theory is true, then it is not always rationally permissible for an agent to choose an option if they are certain that the option uniquely maximizes objective value.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
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DOI of Published Version
https://doi.org/10.1093/MIND/FZZ070
