The epistemic significance of valid inference

DOI10.1007/S11229-011-9907-7MaRDI QIDQ383064zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Dag Prawitz

Publication date 25 November 2013

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-011-9907-7

zbMATH Keywords

epistemologyknowledgelogicdeductive validityground for assertionvalid argument

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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