Justifying conditionalization: Conditionalization maximizes expected epistemic utility

Mind

Volumn 115, Issue 459, 2006, Pages 607-631

  Greaves, Hilary ^a   Wallace, David ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BALLIOL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33847009192     PISSN: 00264423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mind/fzl607     Document Type: Article

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