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TABLE OF CONTENTS[1].
PART I. | ||
PHYSICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE SCIENCE OF PROBABILITY. Chh. I—V. | ||
CHAPTER I. | ||
THE SERIES OF PROBABILITY. | ||
§§1, 2. | Distinction between the proportional propositions of Probability, and the propositions of Logic. | |
3, 4. | The former are best regarded as presenting a series of individuals, | |
5. | Which may occur in any order of time, | |
6, 7. | And which present themselves in groups. | |
8. | Comparison of the above with the ordinary phraseology. | |
9, 10. | These series ultimately fluctuate, | |
11. | Especially in the case of moral and social phenomena, | |
12. | Though in the case of games of chance the fluctuation is practically inappreciable. | |
13, 14. | In this latter case only can rigorous inferences be drawn. | |
15, 16. | The Petersburg Problem. | |
CHAPTER II. | ||
ARRANGEMENT AND FORMATION OF THE SERIES. LAWS OF ERROR. | ||
§§1, 2. | Indication of the nature of a Law of Error or Divergence. | |
3. | Is there necessarily but one such law, | |
4. | Applicable to widely distinct classes of things? |
- ↑ Chapters and sections which are nearly or entirely new are printed in italics.