Corroborating Testimony and Ignorance: A Reply to Bovens, Fitelson, Hartmann and Snyder

DOI10.1093/BJPS/53.4.565MaRDI QIDQ4459685zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Erik J. Olsson

Publication date 18 May 2004

Published in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/53.4.565

zbMATH Keywords

philosophy of sciencecorroborating testimony

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Probability and inductive logic (03B48) Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05)

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