A philosophical term often applied to qualitative research, verisimilitude is the property of appearing to be true, used in relation to an observation of hypothesis.
Glossary
Verisimilitude
Glossary
Summary (bullet points)
Verisimilitude is necessarily a question of ontology, not epistemology, as it refers to how close a theory or concept maps to reality, regardless of our belief in the theory.
Foundational paper (s)
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