A Note on Truthlikeness and Irrelevance

Chris Brink and Katarina Britz

Department of Mathematics
University of Cape Town
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cbrink@maths.uct.ac.za

Abstract

Parameterized verisimilar or truthlike orders are concerned with ordering theories relative to a third theory. We argue that not only should irrelevant consequences of the theories to be ordered be disallowed, but so should irrelevant consequences of the theory relative to which the order is defined.

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