decision theory

Last updated Nov 12, 2024

• evidential decision theory
• three syntaxes for decision puzzles

Problems on decision theory.

• Monty-Hall in partial Markov
• Newcombs problem
• Death in Damascus
• solving Death in Damascus
• three Covid tests
• Sailor’s Child problem
• Sleeping beauty problem
• Elder sister problem
• Extreme sleeping beauty
• XOR blackmail problem
• Pascals mugging
• three prisoners problem
• paradox of the absentminded driver

References.

• On the Interpretation of Decision Problems with Imperfect Recall (Piccione, Rubinstein, 1997)
• Decision and Foreknowledge (Gallow, 2022)
• Cheating Death in Damascus (Levinstein, Soares, 2020)
• Counterfactuals and Two Kinds of Expected Utility (Gibbard, Harper, 1978)