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“The probability of an event is the reason we have to believe that it has taken place, or that it will take place. The…

— Siméon Denis Poisson

“A distinguished writer [Siméon Denis Poisson] has thus stated the fundamental definitions of the science: 'The probability of an event is the reason we…

— George Boole

It is the concept of likelihood that a real understanding of probability resides, and we must learn how to measure it.

— Anthony Stafford Beer

It follows that the word probability, in its mathematical acceptance, has reference to the state of our knowledge of the circumstances under which an…

— George Boole

“It is probably better to realize that the probability concept is in a sense subjective, that it is always based on uncertain knowledge, and…

— Richard P. Feynman

It has been pointed out already that no knowledge of probabilities, less in degree than certainty, helps us to know what conclusions are true,…

— John Maynard Keynes

Misunderstanding of probability may be the greatest of all impediments to scientific literacy.

— Stephen Jay Gould

I am fully assured, that no general method for the solution of questions in the theory of probabilities can be established which does not…

— George Boole

This branch of mathematics [Probability] is the only one, I believe, in which good writers frequently get results which are entirely erroneous.

— Charles Sanders Peirce

Probability is the very guide of life.

— Anonymous

The theory of probabilities is at bottom nothing but common sense reduced to calculus; it enables us to appreciate with exactness that which accurate…

— Pierre-Simon Laplace

Many modern philosophers claim that probability is relation between an hypothesis and the evidence for it.

— Ian Hacking