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“Merely a logician’s toy?” Belief revision confronting scientific theory change

Erik J. Olsson and Sebastian Enqvist (eds): Belief revision meets philosophy of science. Berlin: Springer, 2011, xx+359pp, €145.55 HB

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  1. Gustavo Cevolani

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  1. Department of Philosophy, University of Bologna, via Zamboni 38, 40126, Bologna, Italy

    Gustavo Cevolani

  2. Department of Philosophy, Languages, and Literatures, University of Trieste, Androna Campo Marzio 10, 34123, Trieste, Italy

    Roberto Festa

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Cevolani, G., Festa, R. “Merely a logician’s toy?” Belief revision confronting scientific theory change. Metascience 21, 463–466 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-011-9581-x

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