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==The Problem With Verisimilitude== | ==The Problem With Verisimilitude== | ||
While verisimilitude is considered of a method of making an event or set of circumstances believable, with some magnification, there is a problem with the theory behind verisimilitude. The reader or viewer is given a set of circumstances are plausible in that | While verisimilitude is considered of a method of making an event or set of circumstances believable, with some magnification, there is a problem with the theory behind verisimilitude. The reader or viewer is given a set of circumstances that are plausible in that particular universe. The argument is that one false theory may be closer to reality than another. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Popper Karl Popper], famous for theories on verisimilitude, asks two important questions; | ||
"Can we explain how one theory can be closer to the truth, or has greater verisimilitude than another?" | "Can we explain how one theory can be closer to the truth, or has greater verisimilitude than another?" | ||
"Can we show that scientific change has sometimes led to theories which are closer to the truth than their predecessors?" | "Can we show that scientific change has sometimes led to theories which are closer to the truth than their predecessors?"<ref>http://philosophy.wisc.edu/forster/220/notes_10.html</ref> | ||
This question brings light to the reality of evolving scientific knowledge and truth. What may not be true today, may become a reality in the future. | |||
== Works Cited == | == Works Cited == | ||