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Full Idea
Perhaps we should think of probabilities in terms of propensities rather than frequencies.
Gist of Idea
Think of probabilities in terms of propensities rather than frequencies
Source
Wesley Salmon (Four Decades of Scientific Explanation [1989], 3.2)
Book Ref
Salmon,Wesley C.: 'Four Decades of Scientific Explanation', ed/tr. Humphreys,Paul [Pittsburgh 2006], p.74
A Reaction
[He cites Coffa 1974 for this] I find this suggestion very appealing, as it connects up with dispositions and powers, which I take to be the building blocks of all explanation. It is, of course, easier to render frequencies numerically.