An impossibility theorem for verisimilitude

DOI10.1007/S11229-006-9051-YMaRDI QIDQ2460178zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Sjoerd D. Zwart, Maarten Franssen

Publication date 14 November 2007

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

Arrow's theoremmin-sum measurephilosophy of sciencepreference aggregationtruth-contenttruthlikenessverisimilitude

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05)

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