Introduction

PART I: FOUR APPROACHES TO TRUTHLIKENESS

I. Niiniluoto

How to Define Verisimilitude

G. Oddie

The Picture Theory of Truthlikeness

G. Schurz and P. Weingartner

Verisimilitude Defined by Relevant Consequence-Elements

T.A.F. Kuipers

A Structuralist Approach to Truthlikeness

PART II: EIGHT ASPECTS OF TRUTHLIKENESS

J. van Benthem

Verisimilitude and Conditionals

J. Cohen

Verisimilitude and Legisimilitude

R. Festa

Theory of Similarity, Similarity of Theories, and Verisimilitude

T.A.F. Kuipers

Truthlikeness of Stratified Theories

I. Niiniluoto

Verisimilitude with Indefinite Truth

G. Oddie

Truthlikeness and the Convexity of Propositions

G. de Vries

Explaining ‘Truth’ in a Relativist Way

H. Zandvoort

Verisimilitude and Novel Facts