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Conceptual Concretization by Kuipers, Theo A. F

“…Leszek Nowak is rightly known as the pioneer of empirical concretization. As Giacomo Borbone notes, there is also a kind of conceptual concretization. This…”
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Verisimilitude and belief change for nomic conjunctive theories by Cevolani, Gustavo, Festa, Roberto, Kuipers, Theo A. F.

“…In this paper, we address the problem of truth approximation through theory change, asking whether revising our theories by newly acquired data leads us closer…”
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Degrees of truthlikeness, independence, equality and order in probabilistic propositional knowledge representation by Kuipers, Theo A F

“…Abstract Probabilistic propositional knowledge representation, as here conceived, deals with knowledge representation in the form of probabilistic…”
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A realist partner for Linda: confirming a theoretical hypothesis more than its observational sub-hypothesis by Kuipers, Theo A. F.

“…It is argued that the conjunction effect has a disjunctive analog of strong interest for the realism-antirealism debate. It is possible that a proper theory is…”
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Truthlikeness and the Number of Planets by Kuipers, Theo A. F.

“…Examples of hypotheses about the number of planets are frequently used to introduce the topic of (actual) truthlikeness but never analyzed in detail. In this…”
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Empirical progress and nomic truth approximation revisited by Kuipers, Theo A.F.

“…•We show how to relate empirical progress to nomic truth approximation.•This is done on much weaker assumptions than before in our (2000).•The key is to…”
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Approaching probabilistic and deterministic nomic truths in an inductive probabilistic way by Kuipers, Theo A. F.

“…Theories of truth approximation in terms of truthlikeness (or verisimilitude) almost always deal with (non-probabilistically) approaching deterministic truths,…”
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Empirical Progress and Truth Approximation by the 'Hypothetico-Probabilistic Method' by Kuipers, Theo A. F.

“…Three related intuitions are explicated in this paper. The first is the idea that there must be some kind of probabilistic version of the HD-method, a…”
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Refined nomic truth approximation by revising models and postulates by Kuipers, Theo A. F.

“…Assuming that the target of theory oriented empirical science in general and of nomic truth approximation in particular is to characterize the boundary or…”
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Models, postulates, and generalized nomic truth approximation by Kuipers, Theo A. F.

“…The qualitative theory of nomic truth approximation, presented in Kuipers in his (from instrumentalism to constructive realism, 2000), in which 'the truth'…”
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Beauty, a Road to the Truth by Kuipers, Theo A. F.

“…In this article I give a naturalistic-cum-formal analysis of the relation between beauty, empirical success, and truth. The analysis is based on the one hand…”
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Basic and Refined Nomic Truth Approximation by Evidence-Guided Belief Revision in AGM-Terms by Kuipers, Theo A. F.

“…Straightforward theory revision, taking into account as effectively as possible the established nomic possibilities and, on their basis induced empirical laws,…”
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A coherent trio of, distance and size based, measures for nomic and actual truthlikeness by Kuipers, Theo A. F.

“…So far, the most prominent measure for actual truthlikeness, i.e. the likeness of a theory to the actual truth, is Ilkka Niiniluoto’s minsum definition, which…”
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The Reduction of Phenomenological to Kinetic Thermostatics by Kuipers, Theo A. F.

“…Standard accounts of the micro-reduction of phenomenological to kinetic thermostatics, based on the postulate relating empirical absolute temperature to mean…”
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Naive and Refined Truth Approximation by Kuipers, Theo A. F.

“…The naive structuralist definition of truthlikeness is an idealization in the sense that it assumes that all mistaken models of a theory are equally bad. The…”
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The Dual Foundation of Qualitative Truth Approximation by Kuipers, Theo A. F.

“…The main formal notion involved in qualitative truth approximation by the HD-method, viz. 'more truthlike', is shown to not only have, by its definition, an…”
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Comparative versus Quantitative Truthlikeness Definitions: Reply to Thomas Mormann by Kuipers, Theo A. F.

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An Erotetic Approach to Explanation by Specification by Kuipers, Theo A. F., Wiśniewski, Andrzej

“…In earlier publications of the first author it was shown that intentional explanation of actions, functional explanation of biological traits and causal…”
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The Periodic Table: Its Formalization, Status, and Relation to Atomic Theory by Hettema, Hinne, Kuipers, Theo A. F.

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Design Research Programs and the Logic of Their Development by Kuipers, Theo A. F., Vos, Rein, Sie, Hauke

“…Design research programs attempt to bring together the properties of available materials and the demands derived from intended applications. The logic of…”
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