How to weight scientists' probabilities is not a big problem: Comment on Barnes

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 283-295

  Meehl, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0040290590     PISSN: 00070882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/50.2.283     Document Type: Article

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