Testimony, credibility, and explanatory coherence

DOI10.1007/S10670-005-4004-2MaRDI QIDQ2432041zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Paul Thagard

Publication date 25 October 2006

Published in Erkenntnis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-005-4004-2

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Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05)

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