Verisimilitude
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Verisimilitude—or truthlikeness—in the philosophy of science is trying to articulate how a false theory could be closer to the truth than another false theory. This usage was mostly popularized by Sir Karl Popper. His logical definition of Verisimilitude was independently shown inadequate by Pavel Tichý[1] and David Miller,[2] and the search for such a logical definition is still under way.
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- ^ Pavel Tichý: On Popper's definitions of verisimilitude. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 25:2 (June 1974), 155–160.
- ^ David Miller: Popper's Qualitative Theory of Verisimilitude. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 25:2 (June 1974), 166–177.
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Definition: verisimilitude (noun)---the appearance of being true or real : the detail gives the novel some verisimilitude. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin verisimilitudo, from verisimilis ‘probable,’ from veri (genitive of verus ‘true’ ) + similis ‘like.’
Thesaurus: realism, believability, plausibility, authenticity, credibility, lifelikeness.
