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Truthlikeness for Multidimensional, Quantitative Cognitive Problems
I. A. Kieseppa
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Description for Truthlikeness for Multidimensional, Quantitative Cognitive Problems
Hardback. Looks at the problem of applying the theory of verisimilitude to cognitive problems of a quantitative nature. This work is focused on hypotheses concerned with (physical or other) systems whose state can be represented with an element of a multidimensional state space, but hypotheses concerned with quantitative laws are also explored. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PBCD; UYA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1150.
Philosophers of science have produced a variety of definitions for the notion of one sentence, theory or hypothesis being closer to the truth, more verisimilar, or more truthlike than another one. The definitions put forward by philosophers presuppose at least implicitly that the subject matter with which the compared sentences, theories or hypotheses are concerned has been specified,! and the property of closeness to the truth, verisimilitude or truth likeness appearing in such definitions should be understood as closeness to informative truth about that subject matter. This monograph is concerned with a special case of the problem of defining verisimilitude, ... Read more
Philosophers of science have produced a variety of definitions for the notion of one sentence, theory or hypothesis being closer to the truth, more verisimilar, or more truthlike than another one. The definitions put forward by philosophers presuppose at least implicitly that the subject matter with which the compared sentences, theories or hypotheses are concerned has been specified,! and the property of closeness to the truth, verisimilitude or truth likeness appearing in such definitions should be understood as closeness to informative truth about that subject matter. This monograph is concerned with a special case of the problem of defining verisimilitude, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Synthese Library
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792340058
SKU
V9780792340058
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