Ian Hacking: Probability

Ian Hacking is Canadian philosopher. Explore interesting quotes on probability.
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“Many modern philosophers claim that probability is relation between an hypothesis and the evidence for it.”

Source: The Emergence Of Probability, 1975, Chapter 4, Evidence, p. 31.

“Probability fractions arise from our knowledge and from our ignorance.”

Source: The Emergence Of Probability, 1975, Chapter 14, Equipossibility, p. 132.

“Opinion is the companion of probability within the medieval epistemology.”

Source: The Emergence Of Probability, 1975, Chapter 3, Opinion, p. 28.