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  1. Department of Philosophy, University of Nottingham University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, U.K

    Scott Campbell

  2. Institute for the Study of Genetics, Biorisks and Society (IGBiS), University of Nottingham, U.K

    Scott Campbell

  3. School of Mathematics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia

    James Franklin

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Campbell, S., Franklin, J. Randomness and the Justification of Induction. Synthese 138, 79–99 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:SYNT.0000012206.01154.c7

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