Models, postulates, and generalized nomic truth approximation

DOI10.1007/S11229-015-0916-9zbMath1384.03047OpenAlexW2154702174WikidataQ59460068 ScholiaQ59460068MaRDI QIDQ513933

Theo A. F. Kuipers

Publication date: 8 March 2017

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-015-0916-9

zbMATH Keywords

modelstheory revisionpostulatesempirical progressnomic truth approximationtwo-sided theories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Logics of knowledge and belief (including belief change) (03B42)

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