On Popper's Notion of Verisimilitude

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The purpose of this essay is in the first place to make a survey of the problem situation in which the notion of verisimilitude is now found, and then try to clarify what Popper intends to do with the notion. Therefore, I shall sketch Popper's general epistemological position in so far as it is relevant to the present discussion, and also mention Popper's original proposal for the definition of the notion. Secondly, in order to make the situation clear, I shall introduce some of the criticisms raised against Popper's original proposal and also show what I think is the general trend in the recent attempts to define the notion. Finally, I shall examine Popper's reaction against those criticisms and new proposals which were produced by Tichy, Miller, and others, to try to see Popper's real intention concerning the notion of verisimiltude, and to find out a way which hopefully will lead to a better problem situation agreeable from Popper's point of view, which is based on critical rationalism.
科学基礎論学会の論文
1981-03-05