id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_rt6ktobplrc7hnknlr3rstxhqi J. Schmidt Newcomb's paradox realized with backward causation 1998 22 .pdf application/pdf 10150 690 74 In what sense does the scenario involve backward causation that is, in what sense can the player's choice be said to in the present, influence an event in the past: i.e. that there is backward causation of the cheques are effects of a common cause, and thus the player's choice Lewis [1973]) may suggest the following statement as a criterion for backward causation in the present case: 'If the player had taken the ?1,000, the backward causation, that both the prediction and the player's decision were kill a dwarf if and only if they predict that the player will take the box with The player knew that, by taking the ?1,000, he would cause the killing of the dwarf in the past. Mechanically oriented description of the scenario: The particular configuration (and motion) C of the particles in the player's body, in the boxes, (ii) Anthropic causal influences such as the player' s choice causing the killing ./cache/work_rt6ktobplrc7hnknlr3rstxhqi.pdf ./txt/work_rt6ktobplrc7hnknlr3rstxhqi.txt