VERISIMILITUDE

Verisimilitude

Verisimilitude is a philosophical concept that distinguishes between the truth and the falsity of assertions and hypotheses. The problem of verisimilitude is the problem of articulating what it takes for one false theory to be closer to the truth than another false theory.

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verisimilitude

Noun

  1. the property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality, realism
  2. a statement which merely appears to be true


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