Cirkovic, Milan M. and Cveticanin, Suzana (2002) Backward Causation, Isolation and the Pursuit of Justice. [Preprint]

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Abstract

The recent operationalization of the famous Newcomb's game by Schmidt (1998) offers an interesting and thought-provoking look at the plausibility of backward causation in a Newtonian universe. Hereby we investigate two details of the Schmidt's scenario which may, at least in principle, invalidate his conclusion in two different domains: one dealing with the issue of Newtonian predictability in specific instance of human actions, and the other stemming from a possible strategy aimed at obviating the anthropically oriented view of backward causation as applied to a judicial and ethical problem posed by a version of the scenario. We conclude that the scenario is at least to be more complex than originally presented in order to remain viable. However, it points to a very deep and delicate question of compatibility of backward causation with the conventional ethical standards.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Cirkovic, Milan M. mcirkovic@aob.rs Cveticanin, Suzana
Keywords:	causation Newcomb's paradox predictability
Subjects:	General Issues > Causation Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism
Depositing User:	Milan Cirkovic
Date Deposited:	20 Dec 2002
Last Modified:	31 May 2017 00:38
Item ID:	942
Subjects:	General Issues > Causation Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism
Date:	2002
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/942

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