Truthlikeness (Q1100186)

This book gives a self-contained and comprehensive exposition of the similarity theory of truthlikeness. It summarizes all the main work done in this field since 1974 - with the exception of the use of higher-order logic that \textit{Graham Oddie} develops in his book ``Likeness to truth'' (D. Reidel, 1986). These two works - which have been written simultaneously and independently of each other - are the first book- length treatises on truthlikeness. In spite of some remaining disagreements between Oddie and me, I hope that our books will convince even the prejudiced readers that the concept of verisimilitude is by no means `meaningless' or `absurd'. On the contrary, I claim, it is a fascinating and rewarding subject of study within logical pragmatics.