What Kind of Uncertainty Is That? Using Personal Probability for Expressing One’s Thinking about Logical and Mathematical Propositions
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What is essential for the future development of probability considerations, as for the development of science in general, is that trained minds play upon its problems freely and that those engaged in discussing them illustrate in their own procedure the characteristic temper of scientific inquiry—to claim no infallibility and to exempt no proposed solution of a problem from intense criticism. Such a policy has borne precious fruit in the past, and it is reasonable to expect that it will continue to do so. —Ernest Nagel, Principles of the Theory of Probability, Concluding Remarks
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