The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volume 3R. Carter, 1841 |
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Page 37
... probability that lies in the existing evidence . In other words the direct process may be going on rightly , while a full reflex cognizance thereof may be utterly impossible . It goes on rightly with the child at the outset of OF ITS ...
... probability that lies in the existing evidence . In other words the direct process may be going on rightly , while a full reflex cognizance thereof may be utterly impossible . It goes on rightly with the child at the outset of OF ITS ...
Page 58
... probability upon its side . And yet in this instance , I may not at all know the causal antecedents of the appearances in question . There might be nothing at least in the ostensible antecedents to indicate the causal or real ones ...
... probability upon its side . And yet in this instance , I may not at all know the causal antecedents of the appearances in question . There might be nothing at least in the ostensible antecedents to indicate the causal or real ones ...
Page 63
... probability against the occurrence of an anomalous low - water would be as a thousand to one . It may further be ... probability is as a thousand to one -whereas against a wrong deposition on the part of the instrument the probability is ...
... probability against the occurrence of an anomalous low - water would be as a thousand to one . It may further be ... probability is as a thousand to one -whereas against a wrong deposition on the part of the instrument the probability is ...
Page 65
... probability of a thousand to one in favour of that information being true . But should it inform us of a low - water at the time when , on the strength of a thousand past instances , we were left to expect a high - water the probability ...
... probability of a thousand to one in favour of that information being true . But should it inform us of a low - water at the time when , on the strength of a thousand past instances , we were left to expect a high - water the probability ...
Page 67
... probability arising from the concurrence of the two testimonies which we have now specified is just as we have stated it . And to vary the supposition should the tide - index which has failed . ten times in a thousand , agree in its ...
... probability arising from the concurrence of the two testimonies which we have now specified is just as we have stated it . And to vary the supposition should the tide - index which has failed . ten times in a thousand , agree in its ...
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