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Arguments For—Or Against—Probabilism?

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Degrees of Belief

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Hájek, A. (2009). Arguments For—Or Against—Probabilism?. In: Huber, F., Schmidt-Petri, C. (eds) Degrees of Belief. Synthese Library, vol 342. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9198-8_9

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