Approximate truth and confirmation

Philosophy of Science 48 (4):606-610 (1981)
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In this paper I show that Goodman's theory of projectibility, although partly successful, is inadequate since it fails to take into consideration the "approximate" nature of certain scientific hypotheses

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Approximate truth, idealization, and ontology.Robert John Schwartz - 1990 - Southern Journal of Philosophy 28 (3):409-425.

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Fact, Fiction, and Forecast.Nelson Goodman - 1955 - Philosophy 31 (118):268-269.
Languages of Art.Nelson Goodman - 1970 - Philosophy and Rhetoric 3 (1):62-63.

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