The Foundations of Causal Decision Theory (Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision Theory)

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Summary: A godsend indeed! It saved my marriage!
Review: I concur with the previous reviewer: this book is just the tonic an evidentialist married to a causalist may need in order to keep conflicting intuitions about Newcomb's Problem from tearing asunder hearth, home, and in the process emotional health. "One boxer or two?" was the theme of many an acrimonious evening in my home till my husband and I took the advice of this book and simply stopped asking the question. We bought a poodle.

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Summary: The best decision theory novel I've read!
Review: I must respectfully disagree with the review entitled 'Not Who It Seems.' Yes, this isn't a hitherto unknown work by the James Joyce most readers know. But its literary virtues rival those of any novel by the Irishman. The previous reviewer's three stars are ungenerous. I can empathize with his disappointment in discovering, contrary to reasonable expectation, that _The Foundations of Casual Decision Theory_ is not a sequel to _Ulysses_. But it's a page-turner nonetheless. Any causalist about decision theory sharing living space with an evidentialist about decision theory, or any evidentialist sharing living space with a causalist, will moreover find this book a treasure trove of practical insight easily applicable to those tense moments across the breakfast table -- praise I wouldn't extend to the writings of that other James Joyce. For some readers, this book will prove a godsend.

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Summary: NOT WHO IT SEEMS
Review: When one hears the name Joyce, "James" comes second. Nearly any college-educated fellow knows who James Joyce is -- the guy who wrote ULYSSES, FINNEGANS WAKE, PORTRAIT, &c. However, what not everyone knows is that James Joyce middle initials are A. S. To wit, there is no "M." at all. To be excruciatingly plain, James M. Joyce, the undistinguished author of _The Foundations of Causal Decision Theory_ is not the same James Joyce who wrote ULYSSES. I must wonder why this imbecile did not change his name, en lugar de trying to follow so mind-boggling large a shadow.