Truthlikeness
Truthlikeness , also known as approximate truth or verisimilitude (literally, “likeness to truth”), attempts to rescue scientific realism by arguing that scientific theories are not strictly, but only approximately, true.
Literature
“Important and representative recent papers” listed by (Ruttkamp, 2002, p. 168):
- Niinuluoto, 1987: Truthlikeness
- Weston, 1992: Approximate truth and scientific realism (doi)