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- Title
Frankfurt cases and the Newcomb Problem.
- Authors
Ahmed, Arif
- 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.
- Subjects
DOLLAR; DEFENCE (Game); BOXERS (Sports); ARGUMENT; LAWYERS
- Publication
Philosophical Studies, 2020, Vol 177, Issue 11, p3391
- ISSN
0031-8116
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11098-019-01375-0