Paradoxes of Rationality

by Richmond Campbell and Lanning Sowden

This anthology, the first to bring together the most importantphilosophical essays on the paradoxes, analyses the concepts underlyingthe Prisoner's Dilemma and Newcomb's Problem and evaluates theproposed solutions. The relevant theories have been developed over thepast four decades in a variety of disciplines: mathematics, economics,psychology, political science, biology, and philosophy. And theproblems these paradoxes uncover can arise in many different...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774802154
• ISBN13: 9780774802154
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher