Thanks, this looks like a fair summary (though a couple levels too abstract for my liking, as usual).
A note on epistemic relevance. Long ago, when we were just starting to discuss Newcomblike problems, the preamble usually went something like this: “Omega appears and somehow convinces you that it’s trustworthy”. So I’m supposed to listen to Omega’s words and somehow split them into an “epistemically relevant” part and an “observation” part, which should never mix? This sounds very shady. I hope we can disentangle this someday.
Thanks, this looks like a fair summary (though a couple levels too abstract for my liking, as usual).
A note on epistemic relevance. Long ago, when we were just starting to discuss Newcomblike problems, the preamble usually went something like this: “Omega appears and somehow convinces you that it’s trustworthy”. So I’m supposed to listen to Omega’s words and somehow split them into an “epistemically relevant” part and an “observation” part, which should never mix? This sounds very shady. I hope we can disentangle this someday.