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The analysis so far concerned only one-dimensional epistemic chains. In this chapter two extensions are investigated. The first treats loops rather than chains. We show that generally, i.e. in what we have called the usual class, infinite loops yield the same value for the target as do infinite chains; it is only in the exceptional class that the values differ. The second extension involves multi-dimensional networks, where the chains fan out in many different directions. As it turns out, the uniform version of the networks yields the fractal iteration of Mandelbrot. Surprising as it may seem, justificatory systems that mushroom out greatly resemble fractals.
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Atkinson, D., Peijnenburg, J. (2017). Loops and Networks. In: Fading Foundations. Synthese Library, vol 383. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58295-5_8
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