“It follows that the word probability, in its mathematical acceptance, has reference to the state of our knowledge of the circumstances under which an event may happen or fail. With the degree of information we possess concerning the circumstances of an event, the reason we have to think that it will occur, or, to use a single term, our expectation of it will vary. Probability is the expectation founded upon partial knowledge.” ThinkingMayStatesReasonUseHappensTermFailingEventsInformationAcceptanceCircumstancesDegreesExpectationsMathematicalProbabilityVary Book:An Investigation of the Laws of Thought Source: An Investigation of the Laws of Thought
“Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded by possibilities that are infinite, and the purpose of life is to grasp as much as we can out of that infinitude.” LifeMindLife IsPurposePossibilityCircumstancesInfiniteMathematicsMathMathematicalPurpose Of LifeFiniteInfinite PossibilitiesFinitude Book:Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead Source: Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead