An impossibility theorem for verisimilitude

DOI10.1007/S11229-006-9051-YzbMath1126.03014OpenAlexW2119925018MaRDI QIDQ2460178

Sjoerd D. Zwart, Maarten Franssen

Publication date: 14 November 2007

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

philosophy of sciencepreference aggregationArrow's theoremtruthlikenessverisimilitudemin-sum measuretruth-content

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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