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This paper was prompted by stimulating discussions with J. Hintikka and J. Pietarinen during a brief visit to Helsinki. It was written with the support of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the United States-United Kingdom Educational Commission.

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Levi, I. Information and inference. Synthese 17, 369–391 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00485040

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