Probability, logic and the cognitive foundations of rational belief

Journal of Applied Logic

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 197-224

  Fox, John ^a  

^a Cancer Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agents; Argumentation; Artificial intelligence; Decision theory; History of probability; Knowledge representation; Medicine; Rationality

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORMAL LOGIC; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICINE;

ARGUMENTATION; COGNITIVE SCIENCES; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; TOULMIN;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 23844467529     PISSN: 15708683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1570-8683(03)00013-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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