Philosophies of Probability

Philosophy of Mathematics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 493-533

  Williamson, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-51555-1.50016-X     Document Type: Chapter

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