Single Idea 19252

[catalogued under 10. Modality / B. Possibility / 7. Chance]

Full Idea

Chance, as an objective phenomenon, is a property of a distribution. ...In order to have any meaning, it must refer to some definite arrangement of all the things.

Gist of Idea

Objective chance is the property of a distribution

Source

Charles Sanders Peirce (Reasoning and the Logic of Things [1898], VI)

Book Reference

Peirce,Charles Sanders: 'Reasoning and the Logic of Things', ed/tr. Ketner,K.L. [Harvard 1992], p.204