La Teoría De La Decisión De David Lewis Y La Paradoja De Newcomb

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En el presente trabajo se realiza una exposición breve del punto de vista filosófico de la teoría de la decisión, profundizando específicamente en el trabajo que propone David Lewis al respecto. Este autor sustenta que la teoría de la decisión puede sostenerse sobre bases causales o no causales, siendo la Teoría Causal de la Decisión un modelo necesario para el análisis de este tipo de problemas. En casos particulares como en la Paradoja de Newcomb, las teorías no causales de la decisión serían insuficientes. A continuación se presentarán brevemente las nociones básicas del análisis de decisiones, para en segundo lugar explicar en detalle algunos aspectos de la Paradoja deNewcomb. Finalmente se presentan las tesis principales de la teoría de Lewis y algunas posibles objeciones de la misma. In this work a brief account of the philosophical point of view on decision theory is shown by studying David Lewis’s work in particular. This author states that a theory of decision can have either causal or non causal grounds and that causal decision theory is a necessary model for the analysis of this kind ofproblems. In particular cases like Newcomb’s Paradox, non causal decision theories would be insufficient. I will show some basic notions of decision analysis, in order to explain in detail some aspects of Newcomb’s Paradox. Finally, the fundamental theses of Lewis’s Theory and some possible objections are presented.

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