Counterfactual Decision Theory.
I defend counterfactual decision theory, which says that you should evaluate an action in terms of which outcomes would likely obtain were you to perform it. Counterfactual decision theory has traditionally been subsumed under causal decision theory as a particular formulation of the latter. This is...
| Publicado en: | Mind (0026-4423) Vol. 132; no. 527; pp. 730 - 762 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jul2023
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=167305355&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 167305355 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00264423 MND jtl: Mind (0026-4423) issn: 00264423 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jul2023 vid: 132 iid: 527 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 167305355 10.1093/mind/fzac060 ppf: 730 ppct: 32 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 565KB tig: atl: Counterfactual Decision Theory. aug: au: Hedden, Brian affil: Australian National University , Australia su: Decision theory Determinism (Philosophy) Verdicts Decision making Causation (Criminal law) sug: subj: Decision theory Determinism (Philosophy) Verdicts Decision making Causation (Criminal law) ab: I defend counterfactual decision theory, which says that you should evaluate an action in terms of which outcomes would likely obtain were you to perform it. Counterfactual decision theory has traditionally been subsumed under causal decision theory as a particular formulation of the latter. This is a mistake. Counterfactual decision theory is importantly different from, and superior to, causal decision theory, properly so called. Causation and counterfactuals come apart in three kinds of cases. In cases of overdetermination, an action can cause a good outcome without the latter counterfactually depending on the former. In cases of constitution, an action can constitute a good outcome rather than causing it. And in cases of determinism, either the laws or the past counterfactually depend on your action, even though your action cannot cause the laws or the past to be different. In each of these cases, it is counterfactual decision theory which gives the right verdict, and for the right reasons. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: © 2019 Mind Association. item: Mind (0026-4423) holder: Oxford University Press / USA dt: @attributes: year: 2023 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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