Probability without certainty: foundationalism and the Lewis-Reichenbach debate

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 442-453

  Atkinson, David ^a   Peijnenburg, Jeanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clarence Irving Lewis; Epistemic foundationalism; Hans Reichenbach; Probability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747834635     PISSN: 00393681     EISSN: 18792510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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