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  1. Computer Science, University of Waterloo, N2L3G1, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

    F. Bacchus

  2. Philosophy and Computer Science, University of Rochester, 14627, Rochester, New York, USA

    H. E. Kyburg Jr.

  3. Philosophy University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, 60680, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    M. Thalos

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Bacchus, F., Kyburg, H.E. & Thalos, M. Against conditionalization. Synthese 85, 475–506 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00484837

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