Confirmation and reduction: A Bayesian account

Synthese

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 321-338

  Dizadji Bahmani, F ^a   Frigg, R ^a   Hartmann, S ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bayesian epistemology; Bayesian network models; Nagelian reduction; Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649322154     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-010-9775-6     Document Type: Article

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