truthlikeness

Thus there are two dimensions along which probability (seeming to be true) and truthlikeness (being similar to the truth) differ radically.

Truthlikeness Oddie, Graham 2007

The proposition that the number of planets is eight for example, should have the same degree of truthlikeness as the proposition that the square of the number of the planets is sixty four.

Truthlikeness Oddie, Graham 2007

But that means the account makes truthlikeness, unlike truth, radically language-relative.

Truthlikeness Oddie, Graham 2007

Popper eventually realized that this naive falsificationism is compatible with optimism provided we have an acceptable notion of verisimilitude (or truthlikeness).

Truthlikeness Oddie, Graham 2007

If we know a priori which primitives should be used in the computation of distances between theories it will be difficult to estimate truthlikeness, but not impossible.

Truthlikeness Oddie, Graham 2007

On the other hand, min-sum-average seems to fall within the likeness camp, since it deems truthlikeness to be a non-trivial function of the likenesses of worlds, in the range of a proposition, to the actual world.

Truthlikeness Oddie, Graham 2007

As we shall see, the main rival philosophical theories of progress propose absolute criteria, such as problem-solving capacity or increasing truthlikeness, that are applicable to all developments of science throughout its history.

Scientific Progress Niiniluoto, Ilkka 2007

But a realist can reinterpret the evolutionary model by taking fitness to mean the truth or truthlikeness of a theory.

Scientific Progress Niiniluoto, Ilkka 2007

Popper's notion of truthlikeness is also a combination of truth and information (Popper 1963, 1972).

Scientific Progress Niiniluoto, Ilkka 2007

However, because it treats truthlikeness as a function of just two variables, neither Popper's original proposals, nor subsequent attempts to elaborate them, can fully capture the richness of the concept.

Truthlikeness Oddie, Graham 2007