Coherence reasoning and reliability: A defense of the Shogenji measure

Synthese

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 305-319

  Schubert, Stefan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coherence; Measures of coherence; probability; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865539694     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-010-9856-6     Document Type: Article

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