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Side viii
... a reaction has been setting in against the purely empirical procedure of Francis Bacon , and physicists have . learnt to advocate the use of hypotheses . I take viii PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION . NUMBER, VARIETY, AND PROBABILITY CHAPTER.
... a reaction has been setting in against the purely empirical procedure of Francis Bacon , and physicists have . learnt to advocate the use of hypotheses . I take viii PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION . NUMBER, VARIETY, AND PROBABILITY CHAPTER.
Side ix
... Probability , which enables us to estimate and calculate quantities of knowledge , is then described , and especial attention is drawn to the Inverse Method of Probabilities , which involves , as I conceive , the true principle of in ...
... Probability , which enables us to estimate and calculate quantities of knowledge , is then described , and especial attention is drawn to the Inverse Method of Probabilities , which involves , as I conceive , the true principle of in ...
Side xvi
... probability of a conclusion , derived from two premises of which the pro- babilities are respectively represented by the projecting parts of the slides . Thus it appears that Stanhope had studied the logic of probability as well as that ...
... probability of a conclusion , derived from two premises of which the pro- babilities are respectively represented by the projecting parts of the slides . Thus it appears that Stanhope had studied the logic of probability as well as that ...
Side xxxvi
... PROBABILITY . 1. Theory of Probability . • • 2. Fundamental Principles of the Theory 3. Rules for the Calculation of Probabilities The Logical Alphabet in questions of Probability • 197 . 200 . 203 205 SECTION 5. Comparison of the ...
... PROBABILITY . 1. Theory of Probability . • • 2. Fundamental Principles of the Theory 3. Rules for the Calculation of Probabilities The Logical Alphabet in questions of Probability • 197 . 200 . 203 205 SECTION 5. Comparison of the ...
Side xxxvii
... PROBABILITY . 1. The Inductive or Inverse Application of the Theory 2. Principle of the Inverse Method 3. Simple Applications of the Inverse Method . 4. The Theory of Probability in Astronomy . 5. The General Inverse Problem 6. Simple ...
... PROBABILITY . 1. The Inductive or Inverse Application of the Theory 2. Principle of the Inverse Method 3. Simple Applications of the Inverse Method . 4. The Theory of Probability in Astronomy . 5. The General Inverse Problem 6. Simple ...
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Side 454 - that every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle, with a force whose direction is that of the line joining the two, and whose magnitude is directly as the product of their masses, and inversely as the square of their distances from each other.
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Side 480 - Whatever phenomenon varies in any manner, whenever another phenomenon varies in some particular manner, is either a cause or an effect of that phenomenon, or is connected with it through some fact of causation.
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