Generalizing the lottery paradox

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 755-779

  Douven, Igor ^a   Williamson, Timothy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33845441668     PISSN: 00070882     EISSN: 14643537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/axl022     Document Type: Article

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