The study of inductive inference belongs to the theory of probability, since observational facts can make a theory only probable but will never make it absolutely certain.


The Rise of Scientific Philosophy, Chapter 14 (p. 231), University of California Press. 1951

Hans Reichenbach Quotes

The study of inductive inference belongs to the theory of probability, since observational facts can make a theory only probable but will never make...

The study of inductive inference belongs to the theory of probability, since observational facts can make a theory only probable but will never make...

The study of inductive inference belongs to the theory of probability, since observational facts can make a theory only probable but will never make...

The study of inductive inference belongs to the theory of probability, since observational facts can make a theory only probable but will never make...