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Frankfurt cases and the Newcomb Problem

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Peer-reviewed

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Abstract

Abstract: A standard argument for one-boxing in Newcomb’s Problem is ‘Why Ain’cha Rich?’, which emphasizes that one-boxers typically make a million dollars compared to the thousand dollars that two-boxers can expect. A standard reply is the ‘opportunity defence’: the two-boxers who made a thousand never had an opportunity to make more. The paper argues that the opportunity defence is unavailable to anyone who grants that in another case—a Frankfurt case—the agent is deprived of opportunities in the way that advocates of Frankfurt cases typically claim.

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Keywords

Article, Decision Theory, Newcomb’s Problem, Frankfurt cases, Free will

Journal Title

Philosophical Studies

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Journal ISSN

0031-8116
1573-0883

Volume Title

177

Publisher

Springer Netherlands
Sponsorship
Leverhulme Trust (RF-2018-231\10)