On the status of statistical inferences

Synthese 63 (2):233 - 247 (1985)
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Can the axioms of probability theory and the classical patterns of statistical inference ever be falsified by observation? Various possible answers to this question are examined in a set theoretical context and in relation to the findings of microphysics.

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