"I am convinced that it is impossible to……" — William Stanley Jevons
"I am convinced that it is impossible to expound the methods of induction in a sound manner, without resting them upon the theory of probability. Perfect knowledge alone can give certainty, and in nature perfect knowledge would be infinite knowledge, which is clearly beyond our capacities. We have, therefore, to content ourselves with partial knowledge-knowledge mingled with ignorance, producing doubt."
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William Stanley Jevons
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17 Quotes by William Stanley Jevons
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Fertility of imagination and abundance of guesses at the truth are among the first requisites of discovery.
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Repeated reflection and inquiry have led me to the somewhat novel opinion, that value depends entirely upon utility.
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