 | David Hume - 1758 - 568 pages
...All probability, then, fuppofes an oppofition of experiments and obfervations ; where the one fide is found to over-balance the other, and to produce a degree of evidence, proportioned to the fuperiority. A hundred jnftances or experiments on one fide, and fifty on another, afford a very doubtful... | |
 | David Hume - 1760 - 314 pages
...All probability, then, fuppofes an oppofition of experiments and obfervations ; where- the one fide is found to over-balance the other, and to produce a degree of evidence, proportioned to the fuperiority. An hundred inftances or experiments on one fide, and fifty on another, afford a very doubtful... | |
 | 1806 - 616 pages
...call probability. All probability, then, supposes an opposition of experiments and. observations, when the one side is found to over-balance the other, and...degree of evidence proportioned to the superiority. A hundred instances or experiments on one side, aud fifty on another, afford a doubtful expectation... | |
 | David Hume - 1804 - 552 pages
...his judgment, the evidence exceeds not . what we properly call probability. All probability, then, supposes an opposition of experiments and observations,...degree of evidence proportioned to the superiority; A hundred instances or experiments on one side; and fifty on another, afford a doubtful expectation... | |
 | George Campbell - 1807 - 294 pages
...variable experi" ence gives rise only to probability ; an " uniform experience amounts to a proof, i ** Probability always supposes an opposition " of experiments...overbalance the other, " and to produce a degree of evidence pro" portioned to the superiority. In such cases " we must balance the opposite experiments, " and... | |
 | David Hume - 1809 - 556 pages
...fixes his judgment, the evidence exceeds not what we properly call probability. All probability, then, supposes an opposition of experiments and observations,...degree of evidence proportioned to the superiority. A hundred instances or experiments on one side, and fifty on another, afford a doubtful expectation... | |
 | George Campbell - 1823 - 590 pages
...an opposition of ex' periments and observations, where the one side is * Page 174. t Page 175, 176' found to overbalance the other, and to produce a '...superiority. ' In such cases we must balance the opposite experi' ments, and deduct the lesser number from the ' greater, in order to know the exact force of... | |
 | George Campbell - 1824 - 396 pages
...uniform experience amounts to * a proof f. Probability always supposes an opposition of ex' periments and observations, where the one side is found to '...overbalance the other, and to produce a degree of evidence ' P«ge 171. f P««e 175, 17C. ' proportioned to the superiority. In such cases we must ba' lance... | |
 | David Hume - 1825 - 526 pages
...probability, then, sppposes an opposition cf exfetimertte and observations, where the one side is fonnd to overbalance the other, and to produce a degree of evidence proportioned to the superiority. A hundred instances or experiments on one side, and fifty on another, afford a doubtful expectation... | |
 | John Leland - 1837 - 784 pages
...is our only guide in reasoning concerning matters of fact Experience is in some things variable, iu some things uniform. A variable experience gives rise...the superiority. In such cases we must balance the opiiositc experiments, and deduct the lesser number d'oiu the greater, in Older to^ know the exact... | |
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All probability, then, supposes an opposition of experiments and observations, where the one side is found to overbalance the other, and to produce a degree of evidence, proportioned to the superiority. 
