Theory-distance and verisimilitude

Synthese 38 (2):213 - 246 (1978)
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Measures of theory-Distance are defined for theories formalizable within first-Order predicate logic by using distributive normal forms. The account is applied to give measures of verisimilitude

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Raimo Tuomela
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Theoretical concepts.Raimo Tuomela - 1973 - New York,: Springer Verlag.
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