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Infinity and the Sum Condition

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Belief and Probability

Part of the book series: Synthese Library ((SYLI,volume 104))

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In Chapter IV the laws of probability were related to the simple sum condition: If Ω is a denumerable field of sentences, T an absolutely consistent and at least tautological logic, and p a numerical function on Ω, then Ω, T and p satisfy the simple sum condition if and only if for every subset X of Ω.

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© 1976 D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland

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Hintikka, J., Cohen, R.S., Davidson, D., Nuchelmans, G., Salmon, W.C. (1976). Infinity and the Sum Condition. In: Vickers, J.M. (eds) Belief and Probability. Synthese Library, vol 104. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1158-7_7

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