John Maynard Keynes Quote

We know that the probability of a well-established induction is great, but, when we are asked to name its degree, we cannot. Common sense tells us that some inductive arguments are stronger than others, and that some are very strong. But how much stronger or how strong we cannot express.


A Treatise on Probability - Chapter XXI (p. 259), Harper & Row, Publishers. 1962


We know that the probability of a well-established induction is great, but, when we are asked to name its degree, we cannot. Common sense tells us...

We know that the probability of a well-established induction is great, but, when we are asked to name its degree, we cannot. Common sense tells us...

We know that the probability of a well-established induction is great, but, when we are asked to name its degree, we cannot. Common sense tells us...

We know that the probability of a well-established induction is great, but, when we are asked to name its degree, we cannot. Common sense tells us...