Robert Leslie Ellis and John Stuart Mill on the one and the many of freqyentism

British Journal for the History of Philosophy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 251-274

  Kilinç, Berna ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 20344363248     PISSN: 09608788     EISSN: 14693526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09608780050043217     Document Type: Article

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