CHAPTER XII.

CONSEQUENCES OF THE DISTINCTIONS OF THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER.

§§ 1, 2. Probability has no relation to time. 3, 4. Butler and Mill on Probability before and after the event. 5. Other attempts at explaining the difficulty. 6-8. What is really meant by the distinction. 9. Origin of the common mistake. 10-12. Examples in illustration of this view, 13. Is Probability relative? 14. What is really meant by this expression. 15. Objections to terming Probability relative. 16, 17. In suitable examples the difficulty scarcely presents itself.