Index for Chapter XV
Of Probability
- 1. Probability is the appearance of agreement upon fallible
proofs.
- 2. It is to supply our want of knowledge.
- 3. Being that which makes us presume things to be true, before we
know them to be so.
- 4. The grounds of probability are two:
- 5. In this, all the arguments pro and con ought to be examined,
before we come to a judgment.
- 6. Probable arguments capable of great variety.
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