The Absurdity of Rational Choice: Time Travel, Foreknowledge, and the Aesthetic Dimension of Newcomb Problems

Autor: Craig Bourne, Emily Caddick Bourne

Publikováno v: Philosophies, Vol 9, Iss 4, p 99 (2024)

Nikk Effingham and Huw Price argue that in certain cases of Newcomb problems involving time travel and foreknowledge, being given information about the future makes it rational to choose as an evidential decision theorist would choose. Although the c

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The Art of Time Travel: An 'Insoluble' Problem Solved

Autor: Craig Bourne, Emily Caddick Bourne

Publikováno v: Manuscrito, Vol 39, Iss 4, Pp 305-313

ABSTRACT In 'An Insoluble Problem' (2010), Storrs McCall presents an argument which he takes to reveal the real problem with backwards time travel. McCall asks us to imagine a scenario in which a renowned artist produces his famous works by copying t

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Folk Stories:What has fiction to do with mental fictionalism?

Autor: Craig Bourne, Emily Caddick Bourne

Publikováno v: Bourne, C & Caddick Bourne, E 2020, Folk Stories : What has fiction to do with mental fictionalism? in B Armour-Garb & F Kroon (eds), Fictionalism in Philosophy . Oxford University Press, pp. 168-186 .

Fictionalism is often seen as a way to enjoy the benefits offered by a certain type of representation without being fully committed to the picture of reality that representation offers. What fictionalist positions hope to draw from fiction itself is

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Personification without Impossible Content

Autor: Craig Bourne, Emily Caddick Bourne

Publikováno v: Bourne, C & Caddick Bourne, E 2018, ' Personification without Impossible Content ', British Journal of Aesthetics, vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 165-179 . https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayy008

Personification has received little philosophical attention, but Daniel Nolan has recently argued that it has important ramifications for the relationship between fictional representation and possibility. Nolan argues that personification involves th

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Players, Characters, and the Gamer's Dilemma

Autor: Craig Bourne, Emily Caddick Bourne

Publikováno v: Bourne, C & Caddick Bourne, E 2019, ' Players, Characters, and the Gamer's Dilemma ', Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, vol. 77, no. 2, pp. 133-143 . https://doi.org/10.1111/jaac.12634

Is there any difference between playing video games in which the player's character commits murder and video games in which the player's character commits pedophilic acts? Morgan Luck's “Gamer's Dilemma” has established this question as a puzzle

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