Verisimilitude Redefined

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 27 (1):25-42 (1976)
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Of two false theories, One can be, Intuitively, Closer to the truth than the other. The purpose of the article is to propose a rigorous explication of this intuitive notion.

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10.1093/bjps/27.1.25

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