Degrees of riskiness, falsifiability, and truthlikeness. A neo-Popperian account applicable to probabilistic theories

DOI10.1007/s11229-021-03310-5zbMath1529.60011arXiv2107.03772MaRDI QIDQ6147499

Leander Vignero, Sylvia Wenmackers

Publication date: 1 February 2024

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.03772

zbMATH Keywords

probabilityverisimilituderiskinessfalsifiabilityKarl Popper

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Axioms; other general questions in probability (60A05)

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