# The Commens DictionaryQuote from ‘Syllabus: Nomenclature and Division of Triadic Relations, as far as they are determined’

Quote:

Probable Deductions, or more accurately, Deductions of Probability, are Deductions whose Interpretants represent them to be concerned with ratios of frequency. They are either Statistical Deductions or Probable Deductions Proper. A Statistical Deduction is a Deduction whose Interpretant represents it to reason concerning ratios of frequency, but to reason concerning them with absolute certainty. A Probable Deduction proper is a Deduction whose Interpretant does not represent that its conclusion is certain, but that precisely analogous reasonings would from true premisses produce true conclusions in the majority of cases, in the long run of experience.

Date:
1903
References:
EP 2:298; CP 2.268
Citation:
‘Probable Deduction’ (pub. 22.08.17-12:53). Quote in M. Bergman & S. Paavola (Eds.), The Commens Dictionary: Peirce's Terms in His Own Words. New Edition. Retrieved from http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-syllabus-nomenclature-and-division-triadic-relations-far-they-are-0.
Posted:
Aug 22, 2017, 12:53 by Mats Bergman