Truthlikeness: A Bibliography

Compiled by Ang Tong, 8/2005. Last updated, 10/2005. Loosely based on Oddie's article on truthlikeness for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
  1. Aronson, Jerrold "Truth, Verisimilitude, and Natural Kinds", Philosophical Papers 26 (1997), 71-104.
  2. Aronson, Jerrold, Rom Harre, and Eileen Cornell Way, Realism Rescued: How Scientific Progress is Possible (Chicago: Open Court, 1995)
  3. Barnes, Eric. "The Language Dependence of Accuracy", Synthese 84 (1990), 54-95.
  4. ------. "Beyond Verisimilitude: A Linguistically Invariant Basis for Scientific Progress", Synthese 88 (1991), 309-39.
  5. ------. "Truthlikeness, Translation, and Approximate Causal Explanation", Philosophy of Science 62 (1995), 215-26.
  6. Brink, Chris. "Verisimilitude: Views and Reviews", History and Philosophy of Logic, 10 (1991), 181-201.
  7. Brink, C., & Heidema, J. "A Verisimilar Ordering of Theories Phrased in a Propositional Language", The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 38 (1987), 533-549.
  8. ------. "Verisimilitude by Power Relations: A Response to Oddie", The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 42 (1991), 101-4.
  9. Britton, T. "The Problem of Verisimilitude and Counting Partially Identical Properties" Synthese 141 (2004), 77-95.
  10. Britz, K., & Brink, C. "Computing Verisimilitude" Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic, 36 (1995), 30-43.
  11. Burger, I. and Heidema, J. "Comparing Theories by Their Positive and Negative Contents", The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 45:2 (1994), 605-30.
  12. Cohen, L. "What Has Science to Do With Truth?" Synthese 45 (1980), 489-510.
  13. Forster, Malcolm and Sober, Elliott, "How to Tell When Simpler, More Unified, or Less Ad Hoc Theories Will Provide More Accurate Predictions" The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 45, 1-35.
  14. Goldstick, D. and O'Neill, B. "Truer", Philosophy of Science 55 (1988) 583-97.
  15. Harris, J. "Popper's Definition of 'Verisimilitude'", The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 25:2 (1974), 160-7.
  16. Hilpinen, R. "Approximate Truth and Truthlikeness" in M. Przelecki, K. Szaniawski, and R. Wojcicki (eds.) Formal Methods in the Methodology of the Empirical Sciences (Dordrecht: Reidel, 1976), 19-42.
  17. Hintikka, J. "Distributive Normal Forms in First-Order Logic" in J. Crossley and M. Dummett (eds.) Formal Systems and Recursive Functions. Proceedings of the Eight Logic Colloquium (Amsterdam: North-Holland Pub Co, 1963), 47-90.
  18. Keuth, Herbert. "Verisimilitude or the Approach to the Whole Truth", The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 43:3 (1976), 311-36.
  19. Kieseppä, I. "On the Aim of the Theory of Verisimilitude" Synthese 107:3 (1996), 421-38.
  20. ------. Truthlikeness for Multidimensional, Quantitative Cognitive Problems (Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1996).
  21. Kuipers, Theo (ed.) What is Closer-to-the-truth? A Parade of Approaches to Truthlikeness, (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1987).
  22. ------. "Naive and Refined Truth Approximation", Synthese 93:3 (1992), 299-342.
  23. ------. "Comparative Versus Quantitative Truthlikeness Definitions: Reply to Thomas Mormann", Erkenntnis 47:2 (1997), 187-92.
  24. Laudan, Larry. "A Confutation of Convergent Realism", Philosophy of Science 48 (1981) 19-49.
  25. Liu, Chuang. "Approximation, Idealization, and Laws of Nature" Synthese 118 (1999), 229-256.
  26. ------. "Laws and Models in a Theory of Idealization" Synthese 138 (2004), 363-385.
  27. Macintosh, Duncan. "Partial Convergence and Approximate Truth", The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 45, (1994), 153-70.
  28. Miller, David. "The Truth-Likeness of Truthlikeness", Analysis 33 (1972), 50-5.
  29. ------. "Popper's Qualitative Theory of Verisimilitude", The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 25:2 (1974), 166-77.
  30. ------. "On the Comparison of False Theories by Their Bases", The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 25:2 (1974), 178-88.
  31. ------. "The Accuracy of Predictions", Synthese 30 (1975), 159-91.
  32. ------. "The Accuracy of Predictions: A Reply", Synthese 30 (1975), 207-21.
  33. ------. "Verisimilitude Redeflated", The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 27 (1976), 363-381.
  34. ------. "The Distance Between Constituents", Synthese 38 (1978), 197-212.
  35. ------. "Distance from the Truth as a True Distance", in J. Hintikka, I. Niiniluoto, and E. Saarinen (eds.) Essays on Mathematical and Philosophical Logic (Dordrecht: Riedel, 1978), 15-26.
  36. ------. "Some Logical Mensuration", The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 41 (1990), 281-90.
  37. Mormann, T. "Are All False Theories Equally False? A Remark on David Miller's Problem and Geometric Conventionalism", The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 39:4 (1988), 505-19.
  38. Newton-Smith, W. H. The Rationality of Science (Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1981)
  39. Niiniluoto, Ilkka. "Truthlikeness in First-Order Languages", in J. Hintikka, I. Niiniluoto and E. Saarinen (eds.) Essays on Mathematical and Philosophical Logic, (1978), 437-458.
  40. ------. "Verisimilitude, Theory-Change, and Scientific Progress", in I. Niiniluoto and R. Tuomela (eds.), The Logic and Epistemology of Scientific Change (North-Holland: Amsterdam, 1976), 243-264.
  41. ------. "Truthlikeness: Comments on Recent Discussion" Synthese 38 (1978), 281-329.
  42. ------. "Degrees of Truthlikeness: From Singular Sentences to Generalisations" The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 30:4 (1979), 371-6.
  43. ------. "Scientific Progress" Synthese 45 (1980), 427-64. Reprinted, Niiniluoto (1984), 75-109
  44. ------. "What Shall We Do With Verisimilitude?", Philosophy of Science 49 (1982), 181-197.
  45. ------. "On Explicating Verisimilitude: a Response to Oddie" The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 33:3 (1982), 290-6.
  46. ------. "Truthlikeness for Quantitative Statements", PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, Vol. I, (1982), 208-16.
  47. ------. "Verisimilitude vs. Legisimilitude" Studia Logica 42 (1983), 315-330.
  48. ------. "The Significance of Verisimilitude", PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, Vol. II, (1984), 591-613.
  49. ------. Is Science Progressive? (Dordrecht: Riedel, 1984).
  50. ------. "Truthlikeness and Bayesian Estimation", Synthese 67 (1986), 321-346.
  51. ------. "Theories, Approximations and Idealizations", in Barcan Marcus et al (eds.) Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science VII (1986), 255-289.
  52. ------. Truthlikeness (Dordrecht: Reidel, 1987).
  53. ------. "Measuring the Success of Science", PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, (1990), 435-45.
  54. ------. "Goldstick and O'Neill on 'Truer Than'", Philosophy of Science 58:3 (1991) 491-5.
  55. ------. "Reference Invariance and Truthlikeness" Philosophy of Science 64:4 (1997), 546-554.
  56. ------. "Verisimilitude: The Third Period" The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 49 (1998), 1-29.
  57. ------. Critical Scientific Realism, (Oxford: Clarendon, 1999).
  58. Oddie, Graham. "Verisimilitude and Distance in Logical Space", in I. Niiniluoto and R. Tuomela (eds.), The Logic and Epistemology of Scientific Change, Acta Philosophica Fennica 30 (1979), 227-42.
  59. ------. "Verisimilitude Reviewed" The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 32: 237-65, (1981).
  60. ------. Likeness to Truth (Dordrecht: Reidel, 1986).
  61. ------. "The Poverty of the Popperian Program for Truthlikeness" Philosophy of Science, 53:2 (1986) 163-178.
  62. ------. "Verisimilitude by Power Relations", The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 41 (1990) 129-35.
  63. ------. "Truthlikeness", in Zalta (ed.), The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2001 Edition) (2001).
  64. Orlowska, E. "Verisimilitude Based on Concept Analysis" Studia Logica 49 (1990), 307-20.
  65. Pearce, D. "Truthlikeness and Translation: a Comment on Oddie" The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 34 (1983), 380-5.
  66. ------. "Critical Realism in Progress: Reflections on Ilkka Niiniluoto's Philosophy of Science", Erkenntnis 27 (1987), 147-171.
  67. Popper, Karl. Conjectures and Refutations (London: Routledge, 1963).
  68. ------. Objective Knowledge (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972).
  69. ------. "A Note on Verisimilitude" The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 27:2 (1976), 147-59.
  70. Resnik, D. "Convergent Realism and Approximate Truth", PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, (1992), 421-34.
  71. Rosencrantz, R. "Truthlikeness: Comments on David Miller" Synthese 30 (1975), 193-7.
  72. ------. "Measuring Truthlikeness" Synthese 45 (1980), 463-88.
  73. Ryan, M. and P.Y. Schobens "Belief Revision and Verisimilitude" Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic 36 (1995), 15-29.
  74. Smith, Peter. "Approximate Truth and Dynamical Theories" The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 49 (1998) 253-277.
  75. ------. "Approximate Truth for Minimalists" Philosophical Papers 27:2 (1998) 119-128.
  76. Teller, Paul. "The Twilight of the Perfect Model Model" Erkenntnis 55:3 (2001), 393-415.
  77. Tichı, Pavel. "On Popper's definitions of verisimilitude" The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 25:2 (1974) 155-160.
  78. ------. "Verisimilitude Redefined" The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 27 (1976), 25-42.
  79. ------. "Verisimilitude Revisited" Synthese 38 (1978), 175-196.
  80. Tuomela, R. "Verisimilitude and Theory Distance", Synthese 38, 213-246.
  81. Urbach, P. "Intimations of Similarity: the Shaky Basis of Verisimilitude" The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 34 (1983), 166-75.
  82. Volpe, G. "A Semantic Approach to Comparative Verisimilitude" The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 46:4 (1995), 563-82.
  83. Weston, Thomas. "Approximate Truth" Journal of Philosophical Logic 16, (1987), 203-227.
  84. ------. "Approximate Truth and Scientific Realism" Philosophy of Science 59, (1992), 53-74.
  85. Zamora Bonilla, J. P. "Truthlikeness Without Truth: A Methodological Approach", Synthese 93 (1992), 343-72.
  86. ------. "Verisimilitude, Structuralism and Scientific Progress", Erkenntniss, 44 (1996), 25-47.
  87. ------. "Truthlikeness, Rationality and Scientific Method", Synthese 122:3 (2000), 321-335.
  88. ------. "Verisimilitude and the Dynamics of Scientific Research Programmes", Journal for the General Philosophy of Science 33 (2002), 349-368.