Truthlikeness
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| Originally published | March 31, 1987 |
| Authors | Ilkka Niiniluoto |
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| ID | 2937743 |
About Truthlikeness
The modern discussion on the concept of truthlikeness was started in 1960. In his influential Word and Object, W. V. O. Quine argued that Charles Peirce's definition of truth as the limit of inquiry is faulty for the reason that the notion 'nearer than' is only "defined for numbers and not for theories". . . .