Talk:Causal decision theory

Solomon?

"In this case, evidential decision theory recommends that Solomon abstain from Bathsheba": Solomon is Bathsheba's son... this sentence doesn't make sense. do you mean David? --86.26.20.225 (talk) 13:30, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

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Questions about the organization of the article

Hey all,

I find the article is a bit strangely organized in some places.

Most importantly, I find it strange that Newcomb's problem is introduced so late. Arguably the CDT/EDT dichotomy can be traced back to the difference in formalisms between the Savage and Jeffrey-Bolker decision theories (which precede Newcomb's problem). But modern discussions of CDT (especially informal ones) typically introduce CDT as the theory that two-boxes in Newcomb's problem. (Right now, "David wants Bathsheba" is the first Newcomb-like scenario in the article, which also seems a bit weird to me. Newcomb's problem is the much more typically discussed case.) The apple story is fine, but why not just say something like "CDT is a flavor of expected utility maximization" with reference to one of the articles on that topic, and then start with the stuff (two-boxing in Newcomb's problem) that is special about CDT in particular?

A more minor thing: Right now the last paragraph in the "counterexamples" section discusses Gödelian incompleteness, issues of reasoning about itself and that CDT leaves open how to do this. Wouldn't this fit better in the "Vagueness" section?

Hkfscp11 (talk) 16:14, 23 April 2021 (UTC)