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Page 167
... probability ' among these primitive notions . Mr. Keynes is , I think , almost cer- tainly right in holding that probability does not attach to a proposition in it- self , but only in relation to certain premises , and that its probability ...
... probability ' among these primitive notions . Mr. Keynes is , I think , almost cer- tainly right in holding that probability does not attach to a proposition in it- self , but only in relation to certain premises , and that its probability ...
Page 168
... probability where certainties are unobtainable . And yet that is what we all really want probability to do for us . We all of us do act upon probabilities , not only in a remote and ultimate sense , but in a perfectly ob- vious everyday ...
... probability where certainties are unobtainable . And yet that is what we all really want probability to do for us . We all of us do act upon probabilities , not only in a remote and ultimate sense , but in a perfectly ob- vious everyday ...
Page 170
... probabilities is as nearly certain as any knowledge that we possess . Probability , therefore , is not to be associated with fallibility and our liability to error ; probability is a defi- nite branch of knowledge , but at pres- ent a ...
... probabilities is as nearly certain as any knowledge that we possess . Probability , therefore , is not to be associated with fallibility and our liability to error ; probability is a defi- nite branch of knowledge , but at pres- ent a ...
Contents
INDEX BY TITLES | 11 |
JULY 1930 | 31 |
The Flight from Lipari Outwitting the Fascists CAPTAIN EMILIO LUSSU | 43 |
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