Prediction and the periodic table: A response to scerri and worrall

Journal for General Philosophy of Science

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 337-355

  Michael Akeroyd, F ^a  

^a BRADFORD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesianism; Periodic table; Predictions; Rare earths; Retrodictions

Indexed keywords

EID: 85002293090     PISSN: 09254560     EISSN: 15728587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:jgps.0000005277.60641.ca     Document Type: Article

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