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jasirs94 at Mar 25, 2017 10:23 PM

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of retroduction, 'What is the "real probability" that an
individual member of a certain experiential class, say the Ss,
will have the a certain character, of say that of being P?' This it does
by first collecting, on scientific principles, a "fair sample" of the
Ss, taking due account, in doing so, of the intention of using
its proportion of members that possess the predesignate
character of being P. This sample will contain none of those
Ss that suggested on which the retroduction was founded.
The induction then presumes that the value of the proportion,

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of retroduction, 'What is the "real probability" that an individual member of a certain experiential class, say the Ss, will have a certain character, say that of being P?' This it does by first collecting, on scientific principles, a "fair sample" of the Ss, taking due account, in doing so, of the intention of using its proportion of members that possess the predesignate character of being P. This sample will contain none of those Ss on which the retroduction was founded. The induction then presumes that the value of the proportion,