Deductively Definable Logics of Induction

Journal of Philosophical Logic

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 617-654

  Norton, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesianism; Confirmation; Induction; Non probabilistic

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958533401     PISSN: 00223611     EISSN: 15730433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10992-010-9146-2     Document Type: Article

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