On the danger of half-truths

DOI10.1007/BF01052732zbMath0822.03004OpenAlexW1974203878MaRDI QIDQ1344854

Scott Weinstein, Daniel N. Osherson

Publication date: 22 February 1995

Published in: Journal of Philosophical Logic (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01052732

zbMATH Keywords

philosophy of scienceapproximate truthempirical researchdefeatismexact truthmodel of empirical discovery

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Foundations of classical theories (including reverse mathematics) (03B30)

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