On the danger of half-truths

DOI10.1007/BF01052732MaRDI QIDQ1344854zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Scott Weinstein, Daniel N. Osherson

Publication date 22 February 1995

Published in Journal of Philosophical Logic (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01052732

zbMATH Keywords

philosophy of scienceempirical researchapproximate truthdefeatismexact truthmodel of empirical discovery

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Foundations of classical theories (including reverse mathematics) (03B30)

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