Explaining the past in the geosciences

Philosophia

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 495-507

  Inkpen, Robert John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abduction; Bayesian; Geoscience

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349128790     PISSN: 00483893     EISSN: 15749274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11406-008-9124-x     Document Type: Article

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