Principles and Problems of Right Thinking: A Textbook for Logic, Reflective Thinking, and Orientation CoursesHarper & brothers, 1931 - 529 pages |
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... probability . It is time to make this notion of probability more precise and to see what it involves for the predictive significance of scientific generalizations . Probability in general is synonymous with likelihood or chance . When ...
... probability . It is time to make this notion of probability more precise and to see what it involves for the predictive significance of scientific generalizations . Probability in general is synonymous with likelihood or chance . When ...
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... probability where our ability knowledge and ignorance are of this general type will lie be- tween these limits and may be represented by a positive fraction , such as 1/4 , 1/2 , or 2/3 . In the case of a normally constructed coin the ...
... probability where our ability knowledge and ignorance are of this general type will lie be- tween these limits and may be represented by a positive fraction , such as 1/4 , 1/2 , or 2/3 . In the case of a normally constructed coin the ...
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... probability that the next student from that school will make a high record ? c . So far I have drawn from the ballot - box twenty - five votes for Mr. X and fourteen for Judge R. What is the probability " about the next ballot ...
... probability that the next student from that school will make a high record ? c . So far I have drawn from the ballot - box twenty - five votes for Mr. X and fourteen for Judge R. What is the probability " about the next ballot ...
Contents
THINKING AND RIGHT THINKING | 3 |
REFLECTIVE THINKING AND ITS ALTERNATIVES | 18 |
HINDRANCES AND AIDS TO RIGHT THINKING | 31 |
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