Truthlikeness: old and new debates

DOI10.1007/S11229-018-01975-ZzbMath1475.03037OpenAlexW2898455918MaRDI QIDQ2054148

Ilkka Niiniluoto

Publication date: 1 December 2021

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-018-01975-z

zbMATH Keywords

similaritycontentconsequencePoppertruthlikenessverisimilitudeSchurz

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05)

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