Likeness to Truth

Dordrecht and Boston: Reidel (1986)
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What does it take for one proposition to be closer to the truth than another. In this, the first published monograph on the topic, Oddie develops a comprehensive theory that takes the likeness in truthlikeness seriously.

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9401085706   9027722382   9789400946583   9789401085700

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10.2307/2275040

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