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Probability in a discrete model of particles and observations

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I am extremely grateful to Dr. C. J. S. Clarke for a very great deal of help with this paper, at all levels from sorting out of ideas to construction of detailed mathematical arguments.

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Bastin, T. Probability in a discrete model of particles and observations. Synthese 29, 203–227 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00484958

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