Approaching deterministic and probabilistic truth: a unified account

DOI10.1007/S11229-021-03298-YMaRDI QIDQ6187779zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Gustavo Cevolani, Roberto Festa

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/s11229-021-03298-y

zbMATH Keywords

informationdivergenceprobabilitysimilaritytruthlikenessverisimilitudetruth 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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