Similarity as an intertheory relation
Philosophy of Science 63 (3):229 (1996)
| Abstract | In line with the semantic conception of scientific theories, I develop an account of the intertheory relation of comparative structural similarity. I argue that this relation is useful in explaining the concept of verisimilitude and I support this contention with a concrete historical example. Finally, I defend this relation against the familiar charge that the concept of similarity is insufficiently objective | |||||||||
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