What are conditional probabilities conditional upon?

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 665-695

  Hutchison, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 0040290583     PISSN: 00070882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/50.4.665     Document Type: Article

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