Probabilistic truthlikeness, content elements, and meta-inductive probability optimization

DOI10.1007/S11229-021-03057-ZMaRDI QIDQ6147137zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Gerhard Schurz

Publication date 1 February 2024

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-021-03057-z

zbMATH Keywords

content elementsmeta-inductiondeterministic truthlikenessprobabilistic truthlikenesssingle case probabilitiesstatistical probabilities

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10) Axioms; other general questions in probability (60A05)

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