The logic of reliable and efficient inquiry

Journal of Philosophical Logic

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 399-438

  Schulte, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Empirical inquiry; Goodman's riddle of induction; Inductive inference; Learning theory; Means ends rationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039308828     PISSN: 00223611     EISSN: 15730433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004443206028     Document Type: Article

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