Harold Jeffreys' probabilistic epistemology: Between logicism and subjectivism

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-57

  Galavotti, Maria Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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EID: 3843096956     PISSN: 00070882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/54.1.43     Document Type: Review

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