Degrees of riskiness, falsifiability, and truthlikeness
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چکیده
In this paper, we take a fresh look at three Popperian concepts: riskiness, falsifiability, and truthlikeness (or verisimilitude) of scientific hypotheses or theories. First, make explicit the dimensions that underlie notion riskiness. Secondly, examine if how degrees falsifiability can be defined, they are related to various concept riskiness as well experimental context. Thirdly, consider relation (expected of) truthlikeness. Throughout, pay special attention probabilistic theories offer tentative, quantitative account verisimilitude for
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Synthese
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0039-7857', '1573-0964']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-021-03310-5