James Roy Newman Quote

One of the difficulties arising out of the subjective view of probability results from the principle of insufficient reasons. This principle... holds that if we are wholly ignorant of the different ways an event can occur and therefore have no reasonable ground for preference, it is as likely to occur one way as another.


Mathematics and the Imagination, Chance and Chanceability (p. 229)


One of the difficulties arising out of the subjective view of probability results from the principle of insufficient reasons. This principle... holds ...

One of the difficulties arising out of the subjective view of probability results from the principle of insufficient reasons. This principle... holds ...

One of the difficulties arising out of the subjective view of probability results from the principle of insufficient reasons. This principle... holds ...

One of the difficulties arising out of the subjective view of probability results from the principle of insufficient reasons. This principle... holds ...