Belief revision in the service of scientific discovery

DOI10.1016/S0165-4896(98)00008-0zbMath0957.03021MaRDI QIDQ1296384

Eric Martin, Daniel N. Osherson

Publication date: 19 March 2001

Published in: Mathematical Social Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

belief revision; scientific inquiry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

03B42: Logics of knowledge and belief (including belief change)

03B30: Foundations of classical theories (including reverse mathematics)

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