On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 03:59:49PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: > Now, and we have discussed this before, I have no understanding of the > expression "being inside a universe".
Being inside a universe to me means having a causal relationship with the universe, in other words being able to affect it through decisions and actions. That leads to the question of what causal relationships are and how do you formalize them. Fortunately I've now read most of _The Foundations of Causal Decision Theory_, by James M. Joyce, and can recommend it for a discussion of causality. This is also a great book for learning about decision theory in general, and I highly recommend it to everyone here.
