| 书目名称 | Truthlikeness | | 编辑 | Ilkka Niiniluoto | | 视频video | | | 丛书名称 | Synthese Library | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | The modern discussion on the concept of truthlikeness was started in 1960. In his influential Word and Object, W. V. O. Quine argued that Charles Peirce‘s definition of truth as the limit of inquiry is faulty for the reason that the notion ‘nearer than‘ is only "defined for numbers and not for theories". In his contribution to the 1960 International Congress for Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science at Stan ford, Karl Popper defended the opposite view by defining a compara tive notion of verisimilitude for theories. was originally introduced by the The concept of verisimilitude Ancient sceptics to moderate their radical thesis of the inaccessibility of truth. But soon verisimilitudo, indicating likeness to the truth, was confused with probabilitas, which expresses an opiniotative attitude weaker than full certainty. The idea of truthlikeness fell in disrepute also as a result of the careless, often confused and metaphysically loaded way in which many philosophers used - and still use - such concepts as ‘degree of truth‘, ‘approximate truth‘, ‘partial truth‘, and ‘approach to the truth‘. Popper‘s great achievement was his insight that the criticism against truthlikeness - | | 出版日期 | Book 1987 | | 关键词 | Karl R; Popper; argue; decision theory; idea; identity; logic; methodology; object; philosophy; pragmatics; re | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3739-0 | | isbn_softcover | 978-94-010-8170-2 | | isbn_ebook | 978-94-009-3739-0Series ISSN 0166-6991 Series E-ISSN 2542-8292 | | issn_series | 0166-6991 | | copyright | D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1987 |
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