An impossibility theorem for verisimilitude

Synthese

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-92

  Zwart, Sjoerd D ^a   Franssen, Maarten ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arrow's theorem; Min sum measure; Preference aggregation; Truth content; Truthlikeness; Verisimilitude

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547463084     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-006-9051-y     Document Type: Article

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