Truthlikeness for probabilistic laws

DOI10.1007/s11229-021-03206-4zbMath1529.60007OpenAlexW3174166974MaRDI QIDQ6147198

Alfonso García-Lapeña

Publication date: 1 February 2024

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-021-03206-4

zbMATH Keywords

Kullback-Leiblertruthlikenessverisimilitudescientific lawsprobabilistic lawslegisimilitudeprobabilistic truths

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Axioms; other general questions in probability (60A05) Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10)

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