Truthlikeness

by Ilkka Niiniluoto

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9401081700
• ISBN13: 9789401081702
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 525 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"