The logic of conditionals. An application of probability to deductive logic

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Publication date: 1975

Published in: Synthese Library (Search for Journal in Brave)

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to mathematical logic and foundations (03-02) General logic (03B99)

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