Truth approximation, belief merging, and peer disagreement

DOI10.1007/s11229-014-0486-2zbMath1317.03005OpenAlexW2037378457MaRDI QIDQ2515779

Gustavo Cevolani

Publication date: 6 August 2015

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-014-0486-2

zbMATH Keywords

theory changebelief mergingtruthlikenessverisimilitudepeer disagreementtruth approximationmarketplace of ideas

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Logics of knowledge and belief (including belief change) (03B42) Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10)

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