Newcomblike

English Etymology en resembling Newcomb's problem :af Newcomb -like 1 1 Adjective - en decision problem en decision theory Of a decision problem: resembling Newcomb's problem, in the sense of taking place in a scenario where another agent has predicted one's decision in advance. en Wlodzimierz Rabinowicz December 1989 Stable and Retrievable Options w:Philosophy of Science 56 4 East Lansing, M.I. w:Philosophy of Science Association https://archive.org/details/sim_philosophy-of-science_1989-12_56_4/ 625 https://archive.org/details/sim_philosophy-of-science_1989-12_56_4/page/625/mode/1up 0031-8248 1606760 Thus, while the agent does not consider his options to be causes of states, he still may look upon his coming choice as a sign or a symptom of the obtaining state. In such a situation we shall say that his decision problem is "Newcomblike".