What the document says about the placing of the “critical point” is:
DBDT defines the critical point of a given scenario description as the most recent time prior to the choice in question which would have been a natural opportunity for the normal shaping of dispositions. I will say more about critical points in the next section. For now, let us take it for granted that, in short-duration scenarios like Newcomb’s problem and the psychologically-similar prisoners’ dilemma, the critical point comes prior to the first events mentioned in standard descriptions of these scenarios. (See Figure 1.)
Consequently, I am not sure where the idea that it could be positioned “too late” comes from. The document pretty clearly places it early on.
What the document says about the placing of the “critical point” is:
Consequently, I am not sure where the idea that it could be positioned “too late” comes from. The document pretty clearly places it early on.