Unity as an epistemic virtue

DOI10.1007/S10670-017-9923-1MaRDI QIDQ1990935zbMATHOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Kit Patrick

Publication date 26 October 2018

Published in Erkenntnis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/04f06787-9a98-478c-a1d9-a17525773cea

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01) Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10)

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• I.—STUDIES IN THE LOGIC OF CONFIRMATION (I.)
• ON POPPER'S DEFINITIONS OF VERISIMILITUDE¹

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