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Probability, uncertainty and artificial intelligence

Carlotta Piscopo: The metaphysical nature of the non-adequacy claim. Dordrecht: Springer, 2013, 146pp, $129 HB

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Cussens, J. Probability, uncertainty and artificial intelligence. Metascience 23, 505–511 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-014-9888-5

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