Truthlikeness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Truthlikeness is a noun meaning Resemblance to truth.
Meaning
Resemblance to truth.
Example Sentences
Rather than characterize scientific progress in terms of increasing truthlikeness, the proposal is to start with the pragmatic view that inquiry involves the elimination error, then to use this understanding of inquiry to characterize a local notion of approximate truth in terms of descriptive nesting relations between our current best physical theories and subsequent theories.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include trueness, lawlikeness, thinglikeness, truthiness, likeness, truthness.
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