Belief revision in the service of scientific discovery

DOI10.1016/S0165-4896(98)00008-0MaRDI QIDQ1296384zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Éric Martin, Daniel N. Osherson

Publication date 19 March 2001

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

zbMATH Keywords

belief revisionscientific inquiry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Logics of knowledge and belief (including belief change) (03B42) Foundations of classical theories (including reverse mathematics) (03B30)

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