Divisive Conditioning: Further Results on Dilation

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 411-444

  Herron, Timothy ^b   Seidenfeld, Teddy ^a   Wasserman, Larry ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0038363063     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/392559     Document Type: Article

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