Approaching deterministic and probabilistic truth: a unified account

DOI10.1007/s11229-021-03298-yzbMath1529.03021OpenAlexW3184057148MaRDI QIDQ6187779

Roberto Festa, Gustavo Cevolani

Publication date: 1 February 2024

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-021-03298-y

zbMATH Keywords

informationprobabilitysimilaritydivergencetruthlikenessverisimilitudetruth approximation(dis)agreement

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10)

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