Scientific reasoning and argumentation from a bayesian perspective

Perspectives on Scientific Argumentation: Theory, Practice and Research

Volumn 9789400724709, Issue , 2012, Pages 55-71

  Szu, Evan ^a   Osborne, Jonathan ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argumentation; Certainty; Critique; Learning; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931324808     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2470-9_4     Document Type: Chapter

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