The Logic of Chance: An Essay on the ...

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By John Venn

Published 1866
Macmillan

370 pages

Original from the University of Michigan

Digitized May 22, 2007

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The objects composing the series are irregular in certain	4

tended of course by Induction	1

And owing to the complexity of the evidence	8
substances, phraseology, attributes
But does not every one recognize the fact of grada	14
uniformities, fluctuate, inferences
Summary of results obtained	24
quetelet, unmistakeably, bability
CHAPTER IV	112
stammerers, bayoneted, batch

CHAPTER V	124

In judging of the probability of any particular event	5
irregularity, suckle, proverbially
n Its general acceptance	12
fluctuate, gular, fixity
How such a rule is really to be regarded	20
quetelet, stammerers, bability
CHAPTER VII	167
consumptive, consequents, causation
Induction necessary for any inference about things	335

No theoretical difficulty in such perplexity	16
mathematics, geometry
Summary of results obtained	22
consumptive, inductive, ordinary logic
CHAPTER VIII	203

CRITICISM OF SOME COMMON CONCLUSIONS IN PROBABILITY	1
ruminate, cows, predicate
CHAPTER XI	16
algebraical
OX THE CAUSES BY WHICH THE PECULIAR SERIES	242

Advantage of classifying fallacies	1

u 2 Statement of the second condition	13
algebraical, absolutely alike
Two distinct prepossessions in regard to miracles	307
prepossessions, disputants, miracles
CHAPTER XIV	314
antecedent, invariable, counteracting
Disputes arising out of the doctrine of causation	327

First departure from the definition	4
indefinite, numerical, purely
Second departure Distinction between empirical uniformities and laws of causation	6
disorder, begins, occur
This distinction theoretically unsound	7
qualities, observed, length
Origin of the distinction	8
deaths, objects, instance
Examples in illustration	9
definite, event, happens
Meaning of immediate sequence	10
occasional, examining, proportion
The term causation ambiguous	13
impression, analysis, discovered
Is causation demanded in Probability	14
duration, average, individual
Can causation be proved by statistics	15
duration, degree, future
Singularity of the examples sometimes adduced	16
zero, extreme, ones
Irrelevance of the above enquiries to Probability	17
alike, chapter, fixed
Real nature of the question at issue	18
substitution, examined, stage
What such statistics do prove	23
substituted, statistics, employ
Freedom of the Will	24
valley, statistics, gradually
Theological inferences from Probability1 that events happen by chance	25
tails, heads, merely
2 That events are only the development of their	26
idealize, priori, enquiry
respective probabilities	33
consequents
CHAPTER XV	343

Quotation from Mills Logic	346

The statistics may be disturbed by publishing our calculations	6
begins, occur, lives
Is this disturbance practically insignificant	7
qualities, objects, universal
2 The observer must not intrude himself amongst the statistics	9
definite, happens, become
Characteristics of these statistics	10
exist, cases, certain
Why the observer is Habit to intrude himself into the statistics	11
gives
Insignificance of such actual intrusion	12
appropriate
But confusion caused by hypothetic intrusions	13
impression, analysis, discovered
Quotation from Buckles History of Civilization	14
average, individual, fully
15 Prevalence of the opinions in this quotation	15

Remarks upon this quotation	357
fallacy, quotation, doctrine
Whence the common errors about the power of social laws	361
motives, alteration, contemplated
Conclusion	364
fatalism, fatalistic, speculative