How causal probabilities might fit into our objectively indeterministic world

Synthese

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-36

  Weiner, Matthew ^a   Belnap, Nuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 33646528447     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-004-6240-4     Document Type: Article

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