The implicit decision theory of non-philosophers

• Main Authors: Greene, Preston, Latham, Andrew, Miller, Kristie, Nielsen, Michael
• Other Authors: School of Humanities
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Arts and Humanities; Decision theory; Newcomb
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178714
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper empirically investigates whether people’s implicit decision theory is more like causal decision theory or more like a non-causal decision theory (such as evidential decision theory). We also aim to determine whether implicit causalists, without prompting and without prior education, make...