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<p>We may sum up then by the rule that the value of facts is in proportion to their number; and that from given facts the best inference when all possible retrenchment has been made, is the one which being inductive has the most comprehensive subject and which being hypothetic has the most extensive predicate.</p>
<p>We may sum up then by the rule that the value of facts is in proportion to their number; and that from given facts the best inference when all possible retrenchment has been made, is the one which being inductive has the most comprehensive subject and which being hypothetic has the most extensive predicate.</p>
<p>This seems to complete the logical theory of inference ...</p>
<p>This seems to complete the logical theory of inference …</p>
<p>(Peirce 1865, CE 1, 294).</p>
<p>(Peirce 1865, CE 1, 294).</p>