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On comparison of theories by their contents

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Popper's definition of verisimilitude was criticized for its paradoxical consequences in the case of false theories. The aim of this paper is to show that paradoxes disappear if the falsity content of a theory is defined with help of dCn or Cn −1.

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  1. Institute of Philosophy, The Jagiellonian University, Kraków

    Jan Woleński

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To the memory of Jerzy Słupecki

I am grateful to David Pearce, Gerhard Schurz, Peter Simons, Maciej Spasowski and Jan Zygmunt for their helpful discussions on issues analysed in this paper. Particularly, Zygmunt's and Spasowski's comments enabled me to correct several mistakes of the earlier drafts.

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Woleński, J. On comparison of theories by their contents. Studia Logica 48, 617–622 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00370211

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