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

DOI10.1007/S11229-021-03057-ZzbMATH Open1529.03115OpenAlexW3140207940MaRDI QIDQ6147137FDOQ6147137

Authors: Gerhard Schurz 

Publication date: 1 February 2024

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

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

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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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