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Probability is expectation founded upon partial knowledge. A perfect…

Quote byGeorge Boole · 1815–1864

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: An Investigation of the Laws of Thought (1854), p. 244; Cited in: Michael J. Katz (1986) Templets and the Explanation of Complex Patterns, p. 123.

English (original)

Probability is expectation founded upon partial knowledge. A perfect acquaintance with all the circumstances affecting the occurrence of an event would change expectation into certainty, and leave neither room nor demand for a theory of probabilities.

— George Boole

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