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==Fatalism== Newcomb's paradox is related to [[fatalism|logical fatalism]] in that they both suppose absolute certainty of the future. In logical fatalism, this assumption of certainty creates [[circular reasoning]] ("a future event is certain to happen, therefore it is certain to happen"), while Newcomb's paradox considers whether the participants of its game are able to affect a predestined outcome.<ref>{{citation |last1=Dummett |first1=Michael |title=The Seas of Language |publisher=Clarendon Press Oxford |year=1996 |pages=352β358}}.</ref>
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