Popper's Verisimilitude

Analysis 31 (6):194 - 196 (1971)
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Popper proposes a technical concept of 'verisimilitude' as a test of the progressiveness of scientific theories. The paper attempts to show its uselessness and inapplicability on mathematical and practical grounds, As well as raising doubts about the value of any such attempt to give a mechanical test of scientific progress.

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10.1093/analys/31.6.194

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