The Newxin puzzle |
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Authors: | Chrisoula Andreou |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Philosophy, University of Utah, 260 Central Campus Drive, Room 345, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA |
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Abstract: | A variety of thought experiments suggest that, if the standard picture of practical rationality is correct, then practical rationality is sometimes an obstacle to practical success. For some, this in turn suggests that there is something wrong with the standard picture. In particular, it has been argued that we should revise the standard picture so that practical rationality and practical success emerge as more closely connected than the current picture allows. In this paper, I construct a choice situation—which I refer to as the Newxin puzzle—and discuss its implications in relation to the revisionist approach just described. Using the Newxin puzzle, I argue that the approach leads to a more radically revisionist picture of practical rationality than current debate suggests. |
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Keywords: | Constrained maximization Deliberation Expected utility Gauthier Kavka McClennen Newcomb’ s problem Nozick Practical rationality Resoluteness Straightforward maximization Toxin puzzle |
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