A Concise Analysis of Popper's Qualitative Theory of Verisimilitude

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Popper [3] offers a qualitative definition of the relation “p q” = “p is (strictly) closer to the truth than (i.e., strictly more verisimilar than) q”, using the notions of truth (in the actual world) and classical logical consequence ( ), as follows.

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Popper’s qualitative theory of verisimilitude.David Miller - 1974 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 25 (2):166-177.
Critical Rationalism: a Restatement and Defence.David Miller - 1997 - Philosophical Quarterly 47 (188):400-404.

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