Chapter Xxiii. _of Approximate Generalizations, and Probable

Evidence._

§ 1. The inferences called probable, rest on approximate generalizations 124

2. Approximate generalizations less useful in science than in life 124

3. In what cases they may be resorted to 126

4. In what manner proved 127

5. With what precautions employed 130

6. The two modes of combining probabilities 131

7. How approximate generalizations may be converted into accurate generalizations equivalent to them 136