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Statistical explanation and statistical support

Erkenntnis 20 (1):61 - 78 (1983) Copy BIBT_EX

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Statistical Explanation in General Philosophy of Science

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Epistemology Ethics Logic Ontology Philosophy, general

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Logic of Statistical Inference.Ian Hacking - 1965 - Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.

Rational belief systems.Brian David Ellis - 1979 - Totowa, N.J.: Rowman & Littlefield.

Likelihood.Anthony William Fairbank Edwards - 1972 - Cambridge [Eng.]: University Press.

Statistical explanation.Wesley C. Salmon - 1970 - In Robert G. Colodny (ed.), The Nature and Function of Scientific Theories: Essays in Contemporary Science and Philosophy. University of Pittsburgh Press. pp. 173--231.

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