Approaching probabilistic truths: introduction to the Topical Collection

I. Niiniluoto; Gustavo Cevolani; Theodorus Kuipers

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Approaching probabilistic truths: introduction to the Topical Collection

I. Niiniluoto^*, Gustavo Cevolani, Theodorus Kuipers

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After Karl Popper’s original work, several approaches were developed to provide a sound explication of the notion of verisimilitude. With few exceptions, these contributions have assumed that the truth to be approximated is deterministic. This collection of ten papers addresses the more general problem of approaching probabilistic truths. They include attempts to find appropriate measures for the closeness to probabilistic truth and to evaluate claims about such distances on the basis of empirical evidence. The papers employ multiple analytical approaches, and connect the research to related issues in the philosophy of science.

Original language	English
Article number	113
Number of pages	8
Journal	Synthese
Volume	200
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-022-03516-1
Publication status	Published - 8-Apr-2022
Event	Symposium Approaching Probabilistic Truths: Sixteenth International Congress Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology - Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic Duration: 5-Aug-2019 → 10-Aug-2019

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