Conditionals right and left: Probabilities for the whole family

Journal of Philosophical Logic

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-53

  Kaufmann, Stefan ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal independence; Embedded conditionals; Probabilistic theory of conditionals; Standard probabilistic calculus

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049208209     PISSN: 00223611     EISSN: 15730433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10992-008-9088-0     Document Type: Article

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