Truthlikeness is a property of a theory or a proposition that represents its closeness to the truth. We start by summarizing Niiniluoto’s (Truthlikeness, Reidel, Dordrecht, 1987) proposal of ...

"Yes or no: was there once life on Mars?" I can't say. "What about intelligent life?"' That seems most unlikely, but again, I can't really say. The simple yes-or-no framework has no place for shadings ...

A classification scheme for probability laws by tail behavior is proposed. It circumvents the smoothness conditions usually imposed on the probability laws by current classification schemes and yields ...

Quantum cognition applies principles derived from quantum theory to elucidate the non-classical probabilistic aspects of decision making. This interdisciplinary field challenges conventional, ...

In general, a scientific law is the description of an observed phenomenon. It doesn't explain why the phenomenon exists or what causes it. The explanation for a phenomenon is called a scientific ...

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