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A Partial Vindication of Ergodic Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

K. S. Friedman
K. S. Friedman*
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S.U.N.Y. at Oswego
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 43 , Issue 1 , March 1976 , pp. 151 - 162
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Copyright © 1976 by the Philosophy of Science Association

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