Indifference, neutrality and informativeness: Generalizing the three prisoners paradox

Synthese

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 255-272

  Wechsler, Sergio ^a   Esteves, L G ^a   Simonis, A ^a   Peixoto, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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EID: 21244494746     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-005-7016-1     Document Type: Article

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