Truthlikeness for probabilistic laws

DOI10.1007/S11229-021-03206-4MaRDI QIDQ6147198zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alfonso García-Lapeña

Publication date 1 February 2024

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-021-03206-4

zbMATH Keywords

Kullback-Leiblerlegisimilitudeprobabilistic lawsprobabilistic truthsscientific lawstruthlikenessverisimilitude

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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