Do chances receive equal treatment under the laws? Or: Must chances be probabilities?

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 383-403

  Lange, Marc ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

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EID: 33745450399     PISSN: 00070882     EISSN: 14643537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/axl005     Document Type: Article

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