Introduction to Formal Epistemology
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This document contains an extended outline of the course including a bibliography. The idea of this reader is to provide a bird’s eye view of the literature and to list the main examples, definitions and theorems we will use throughout the course. As a consequence, expository text will be kept to a minimum. The website for the course is staff.science.uva.nl/∼epacuit/formep esslli.html On this website you will find the lecture notes and slides (updated each day). Enjoy the course and please remember to ask questions during the lecture, point out any mistakes and/or omitted references in this text.
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تاریخ انتشار 2007