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Table of contents :
Title Page
Copyright Page
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
Table of Contents
A PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAY ON PROBABILITIES.
CHAPTER I. --
INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER II. --
CONCERNING PROBABILITY.
CHAPTER III. --
THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE CALCULUS OF PROBABILITIES.
CHAPTER IV. --
CONCERNING NOPE.
CHAPTER V. --
CONCERNING THE ANALYTICAL METHODS OF THE CALCULUS OF PROBABILITIES.
PART II. --
APPLICATIONS OF THE CALCULUS OF PROBABILITIES.
CHAPTER VI. --
GAMES OF CHANCE
CHAPTER VII. --
CONCERNING THE UNKNOWN INEQUALITIES WHICH MAY EXIST AMONG CHANCES WHICH ARE SUPPOSED EQUAL. CHAPTER VIII. --
CONCERNING THE LAWS OF PROBABILITY WHICH RESULT FROM THE INDEFINITE MULTIPLICA TION OF EVENTS. CHAPTER IX. --
THE APPLICATION OF THE CALCULUS OF PROBABILITIES TO NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.
CHAPTER X. --
APPLICATION OF THE CALCULUS OF PROBABILITIES TO THE MORAL SCIENCES.
CHAPTER XI. --
CONCERNING THE PROBABILITIES OF TESTIMONIES.
CHAPTER XII. --
CONCERNING THE SELECTIONS AND THE DECISIONS OF ASSEMBLIES.
CHAPTER XIII. --
CONCERNING THE PROBABILITY OF THE JUDGMENTS OF TRIBUNALS. CHAPTER XIV. --
CONCERNING TABLES OF MORTALITY, AND OF MEAN DURATIONS OF LIFE, OF MARRIAGES, AND OF ASSOCIATIONS. CHAPTER XV. --
CONCERNING THE BENEFITS OF INSTITUTIONS WHICH DEPEND UPON THE PROBABILITY OF EVENTS.
CHAPTER XVI. --
CONCERNING ILLUSIONS IN THE ESTIMATION OF PROBABILITIES.
CHAPTER XVII. --
CONCERNING THE VARIOUS MEANS OF APPROACHING CERTAINTY.
CHAPTER XVIII. --
HISTORICAL NOTICE CONCERNING THE CALCULUS OF PROBABILITIES.