Intimations of similarity: The shaky basis of verisimilitude

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 34 (3):266-275 (1983)
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Conjectures and Refutations.K. Popper - 1963 - Les Etudes Philosophiques 21 (3):431-434.
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Verisimilitude Redefined.Pavel Tichý - 1976 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 27 (1):25-42.

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