A. Draw the causal network for Newcomb’s Problem with perfect detection. B. Use this causal network to explain why the following argument is valid or not; where the guaranteed money in the clear box is denoted by L, and the larger amount of money that might be put in the black box is denoted M. Be sure your answer describes the chronological order of assumptions used in the argument below (by using subscripts to denote these assumptions), from the first assumption if1 through the last assumption if6 . "Once a given amount of money is put into the black box, it is irreversibly fixed no matter how many boxes Adam might open in the future. "So if Eve had already put $M in the black box, and if Adam later opens both boxes, then he will obtain $M + $L compared to $M if he instead opens only the black box. Likewise, if Eve had already put nothing in the black box, and if Adam later opens both boxes, then he will obtain $L compared to obtaining $0 if he instead opens only the black box." "Thus, regardless of what Eve has already done, Adam will obtain an additional $L if he opens both boxes instead of opening only the black box. So Adam is guaranteed to obtain more money by opening both boxes, which therefore must be his rational decision."

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