Paradoxes of Rationality & Cooperation: The Prisoner\'s Dilemma & Newcomb\'s Problem, Richmond Campbell, Lanning Sowden, UBC Press PB, 1985The Prisoner\'s Dilemma is a famous problem in game theory. In its simplest form, two players are faced with independent choices: to cooperate or not to cooperate. Each does better if both cooperate than if neither does; but each does better if he does not cooperate whatever the other does. The outcome of their choice can be the difference between life and death. Philosophers see this problem as an abstract model of the classic conflict between self-interest and a socially advantageous moral order. Some philosophers have argued that it is a special case of Newcomb\'s Problem, technically a puzzle in mathematical decision theory. There is a deep division amongst philosophers over the nature and extent of the relationship between these two dilemmas. Both, however, threaten the foundations of ethical and political theory, even the social sciences, for they cast doubt on our understanding of rational behaviour. This anthology, the first to bring together the most important philosophical essays on the paradoxes, analyses the concepts underlying the Prisoner\'s Dilemma and Newcomb\'s Problem and evaluates the proposed solutions. Book in very good condition, unmarked, clean, bright & tightly bound.