Some observations on induction in predicate probabilistic reasoning

Journal of Philosophical Logic

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-75

  Hill, M J ^a   Paris, J B ^a   Wilmers, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Induction; Inductive methods; Probabilistic reasoning; Uncertain reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0742312264     PISSN: 00223611     EISSN: 15730433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015010508180     Document Type: Article

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